LA-based singer/songwriter Jason Reeves. Heis performing tonight at Soma with Jon McLaughlin.
Jason was named one of Top Indie Singer-Songwriters of 2007 by iTunes. Heco-wrote 10 tracks on Colbie Caillat's platinum-selling breakthrough album"Coco" including hits "Bubbly" and "Realize."
Warner bros. recently signed Jason and will make his album The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and Other Frightening Tales) available digitallyAug 12, and in stores September 9th.
www.myspace.com/jasonreeves
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Ane Brun to tour US in support of new effort
Norwegian Songstress Ane Brun Releases Her Sophomore US Release On “Changing Of The Seasons” On Cheap Lullaby Records On October 14th
After wowing stateside critics and fans with her US debut “A Temporary Dive” in 2006, Ane returns to the states for a string of tour dates starting off at this years CMJ
Singer, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, Ane Brun, hails from Norway but makes her home in Stockholm. She started her indie label DetErMine Records together with The Tiny´s lead singer Ellekari Larsson in 2002 where she released her Scanadvian debut “Spending Time with Morgan”. The album was subsequently released all over Europe to rave reviews and was nominated for the Swedish Independent Music awards “Manifest” in 2003.
Her second album “A Temporary dive” was released in Europe, the US and in Japan. The album got wonderful reviews all over the world, and it gave her a Norwegian Grammy for best Female Artist 2005. She was nominated as best Norwegian Act on European MTV Music Awards 2005, best Norwegian song of the century (Norwegian National Radio) and best Swedish Female Pop Artist at the Grammis.
In November 2005 she released “Duets” which is an album consisting of 10 duets with 10 wonderful artists. The single “Lift” with Norwegian band Madrugada became a radio favorite, and gave her another Norwegian Grammy. The album “Duets” consists of songs feat. Teitur, Tobias Fröberg, Liv Widell, Wendy McNeill, Ron Sexsmith, Syd Matters, Tingsek, Ellekari Larsson from The Tiny, Madrugada and Lars Bygden.
The last few years Ane Brun has been touring all over the world. After a tour with the DMF String Quintet, Staffan Johansson and Nina Kinert around Scandinavia in 2006, she released her first live album ”Live in Scandinavia”, winter 2007. The album is a collection of the songs from Ane’s 3 three albums, but this time dressed up in new arrangements for strings.Ane’s fifth album, and third studio album, and second US release ”Changing of the Seasons” will be released in 2008. The album is produced by Valgeir Sigurdsson (Björk, Sigur Ros, Múm, Bonnie Prince Billy, Coco Rosie, Maps, and more).
US Tour dates:
10:22- The Living Room-New York, NY
10.24- Iota Club and Café- Arlington, VA
10.25- Attucks Theatre- Norfolk, VA
10.28- Café Du Nord- San Fransico, CA
10.30- Hotel Café- Los Angeles, CA
11.01- Schubas Tavern- Chicago, IL
More to come....
http://www.anebrun.com
http://www.myspace.com/anebrun
After wowing stateside critics and fans with her US debut “A Temporary Dive” in 2006, Ane returns to the states for a string of tour dates starting off at this years CMJ
Singer, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, Ane Brun, hails from Norway but makes her home in Stockholm. She started her indie label DetErMine Records together with The Tiny´s lead singer Ellekari Larsson in 2002 where she released her Scanadvian debut “Spending Time with Morgan”. The album was subsequently released all over Europe to rave reviews and was nominated for the Swedish Independent Music awards “Manifest” in 2003.
Her second album “A Temporary dive” was released in Europe, the US and in Japan. The album got wonderful reviews all over the world, and it gave her a Norwegian Grammy for best Female Artist 2005. She was nominated as best Norwegian Act on European MTV Music Awards 2005, best Norwegian song of the century (Norwegian National Radio) and best Swedish Female Pop Artist at the Grammis.
In November 2005 she released “Duets” which is an album consisting of 10 duets with 10 wonderful artists. The single “Lift” with Norwegian band Madrugada became a radio favorite, and gave her another Norwegian Grammy. The album “Duets” consists of songs feat. Teitur, Tobias Fröberg, Liv Widell, Wendy McNeill, Ron Sexsmith, Syd Matters, Tingsek, Ellekari Larsson from The Tiny, Madrugada and Lars Bygden.
The last few years Ane Brun has been touring all over the world. After a tour with the DMF String Quintet, Staffan Johansson and Nina Kinert around Scandinavia in 2006, she released her first live album ”Live in Scandinavia”, winter 2007. The album is a collection of the songs from Ane’s 3 three albums, but this time dressed up in new arrangements for strings.Ane’s fifth album, and third studio album, and second US release ”Changing of the Seasons” will be released in 2008. The album is produced by Valgeir Sigurdsson (Björk, Sigur Ros, Múm, Bonnie Prince Billy, Coco Rosie, Maps, and more).
US Tour dates:
10:22- The Living Room-New York, NY
10.24- Iota Club and Café- Arlington, VA
10.25- Attucks Theatre- Norfolk, VA
10.28- Café Du Nord- San Fransico, CA
10.30- Hotel Café- Los Angeles, CA
11.01- Schubas Tavern- Chicago, IL
More to come....
http://www.anebrun.com
http://www.myspace.com/anebrun
Candlebox debuts at #32 and on tour
Candlebox return to familiar territory this week, The Billboard Top 200. Their new album, Into The Sun, debuts at #32 today on the Billboard Top 200, scanning 14,378 copies. Into The Sun is out on Silent Majority Group through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. Candlebox’s 2008 lineup features 3 of the founding 4 members...founding members that have led Candlebox to sell over 6 million albums together. The original Candlebox songwriting team of singer Kevin Martin and guitarist Peter Klett along with original drummer Scott Mercado have been reunited and Into The Sun marks the band's first new record in ten years.
"Stand," the first single off Into The Sun, is off to a great start at radio. It's in rotation at over 100 Active/Alternative/Mainstream Rock stations across the country. "Stand" is currently climbing the BDS Active Rock chart thanks to big support from KISW/Seattle, KOMP/Las Vegas, WRIF/Detroit, WIIL/Chicago, WMMS/Cleveland, WRFF/Philadelphia, WXDX/Pittsburgh, Octane/Sirius, Squizz/XM and Music Choice. Clip of Candlebox's Kevin Martin talking about the video for "Stand": http://streamos.eastwestrock.com/qtime/eastwest/candlebox/cbox_hint.mov
Candlebox Feature on Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/music/index.html (Top right feature in the FOX KNOWS MUSIC section).
"Fans of the band's smash hits like "You" and "Far Behind" - which remain in heavy rotation on rock radio - are again likely to be enthralled with Kevin Martin's soaring vocals and Peter Klett's chugging riffs and melodic psychedelia-infused leads {on Into The Sun}." - Associated Press
"Totally eschewing the grunge tag once slapped onto the band, Candlebox morphs into a solid, streamlined rock force 15 years after its dizzying success." - Dallas Morning News
Upcoming Candlebox Headlining Dates:
07/31/08 Abilene, TX Midnite Rodeo 3
08/01/08 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom
08/02/08 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
08/04/08 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
08/05/08 Waco, TX Whiskey River (Formerly Grahams Central)
08/06/08 Odessa, TX Dos Amigos (Outdoors)
08/08/08 Corpus Christi, TX The Pavilion @ Concrete Street
08/09/08 San Angelo, TX Grahams
08/11/08 Little Rock, AR Revolution Music Room (The Rev Room)
08/12/08 Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen
08/13/08 Ft. Walton Beach, FL The Swamp
08/15/08 Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
08/16/08 Ft. Myers, FL Ricochet's
08/17/08 Sebastian, FL Captain Hirams Resort
08/19/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
08/20/08 Port St. Lucie, FL Mojo Room
08/22/08 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
08/23/08 Jacksonville, FL Free Bird Live
08/24/07 Charleston, SC The Music Farm
08/27/08 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino
08/28/08 Buffalo, NY Thursday at the Square
08/29/08 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
09/02/08 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
09/03/08 Johnson City, NY Magic City Music Hall
09/05/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
09/06/08 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
09/07/08 Towson, MD The Recher Theatre
09/09/08 Norfolk, VA The Norva
09/10/08 Charlotte, NC Amo's Southend
09/12/08 Cookeville, TN The Depot
10/04/08 Fountain Hills, AZ Ft. McDowell Resort and Casino
MySpace: www.myspace.com/candlebox
"Stand," the first single off Into The Sun, is off to a great start at radio. It's in rotation at over 100 Active/Alternative/Mainstream Rock stations across the country. "Stand" is currently climbing the BDS Active Rock chart thanks to big support from KISW/Seattle, KOMP/Las Vegas, WRIF/Detroit, WIIL/Chicago, WMMS/Cleveland, WRFF/Philadelphia, WXDX/Pittsburgh, Octane/Sirius, Squizz/XM and Music Choice. Clip of Candlebox's Kevin Martin talking about the video for "Stand": http://streamos.eastwestrock.com/qtime/eastwest/candlebox/cbox_hint.mov
Candlebox Feature on Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/music/index.html (Top right feature in the FOX KNOWS MUSIC section).
"Fans of the band's smash hits like "You" and "Far Behind" - which remain in heavy rotation on rock radio - are again likely to be enthralled with Kevin Martin's soaring vocals and Peter Klett's chugging riffs and melodic psychedelia-infused leads {on Into The Sun}." - Associated Press
"Totally eschewing the grunge tag once slapped onto the band, Candlebox morphs into a solid, streamlined rock force 15 years after its dizzying success." - Dallas Morning News
Upcoming Candlebox Headlining Dates:
07/31/08 Abilene, TX Midnite Rodeo 3
08/01/08 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom
08/02/08 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
08/04/08 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
08/05/08 Waco, TX Whiskey River (Formerly Grahams Central)
08/06/08 Odessa, TX Dos Amigos (Outdoors)
08/08/08 Corpus Christi, TX The Pavilion @ Concrete Street
08/09/08 San Angelo, TX Grahams
08/11/08 Little Rock, AR Revolution Music Room (The Rev Room)
08/12/08 Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen
08/13/08 Ft. Walton Beach, FL The Swamp
08/15/08 Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
08/16/08 Ft. Myers, FL Ricochet's
08/17/08 Sebastian, FL Captain Hirams Resort
08/19/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
08/20/08 Port St. Lucie, FL Mojo Room
08/22/08 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
08/23/08 Jacksonville, FL Free Bird Live
08/24/07 Charleston, SC The Music Farm
08/27/08 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino
08/28/08 Buffalo, NY Thursday at the Square
08/29/08 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
09/02/08 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
09/03/08 Johnson City, NY Magic City Music Hall
09/05/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
09/06/08 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
09/07/08 Towson, MD The Recher Theatre
09/09/08 Norfolk, VA The Norva
09/10/08 Charlotte, NC Amo's Southend
09/12/08 Cookeville, TN The Depot
10/04/08 Fountain Hills, AZ Ft. McDowell Resort and Casino
MySpace: www.myspace.com/candlebox
Support local music with Sin City Social Club
July 31st
JOHN MELLENCAMP
with Special Guest
*** Lucinda Williams***
The Greek Theatre Ticket Link:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0900408EC4CA5652?artistid=770615&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
RECORDS WE’VE BEEN DYING FOR YOU TO HEAR :
IN STORES NOW:
GRETA GAINES – WHISKEY THOUGHTS (Justice Records) - www.gretagaines.com “Whiskey Thoughts” reviewed in the latest Vintage Guitar Magazine: “One of 2008’s best records, with an invigorating mix of country, rock and R&B. Songs are incredibly well-written, vocals airtight and playing near perfect. And this stands out as one of the year’s biggest surprises. Not bad for a woman who’s done everything from being a pro-snowboarder to hosting her own fishing show on ESPN 2.” —JH
UPCOMING RELEASES:
AUGUST 19th - GLEN CAMPBELL - MEET GLEN CAMPBELL (Capitol Records) Meet Glen Campbell welcomes the discovery and the re-discovery of the legend, his music, and his artistry. With a distinguished music career that spans more than five decades, Glen Campbell has returned to his longtime label home Capitol Records recording 10 new tracks for Meet Glen Campbell.
TUNE IN:
SIN CITY SOCIAL CLUB has a radio station/playlist on PANDORA - you can listen to Mama Shi’s favorites and discover music on Pandora while you’re at work or at the beach! It even sync’s to your iPhone! www.pandora.com - you can search for stations from their homepage.
IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT – if you’re flying on Continental Airlines this month be sure to tune into the country channel – Bryson and I host a fun show and this show (Aug./Sept.) you can hear songs from Wilco & Billy Bragg, James Intveld, Shurman, Brian Wright & The Waco Tragedies, I See Hawks In LA, Glen Campbell, The Mother Truckers, Mike Ness and Dead Rock West! The show also airs on Copa (So. America) and Singapore Airlines so if you’re traveling abroad we’ll be there to keep you company – just bring us back some cool gifts! (wink)
SAVE THE DATE:
JULY 31st - “SANCTIFIED AMERICANA” featuring MIKE FARRIS & THE ROSELAND RHYTHM REVUE + MICHELLE SHOCKED at Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series - 7pm FREE
JUST ADDED: SUNDAY, AUGUST 3rd – SIN CITY SOCIAL CLUB – AUSTIN - @ The SCOOT INN with SHURMAN, AUSTIN COLLINS, DAVE INSLEY & THE CARELESS SMOKERS - only $5 - doors are at 7pm, outdoor stage, potluck, friends, ice cold refreshing beverages!
WEDNESDAYS starting JULY 30th – Mark & Sarah’s Beezle Happy Hour @ Hole In The Wall 6-8pm FREE + Drink Specials and great music from: Randy Weeks (7/30), No Show Ponies (7/30), Pehr Smith & Friends (8/6) American Graveyard (8/6), Collin Herring (8/13), Grub Dog & The Modestos (8/13), Austin Collins (8/20), Shawn Nelson (8/20), Jane Bond (8/27) and more TBA Visit www.msartistdevelopment.com
AUGUST 15th ** NEW DATE ** – LOS ANGELES – SIN CITY ALL STARS and Friends celebrate “Double Nickels” birthday bash for Dusty, Dave Raven and Chris Lawrence!
AUGUST 19TH – LOS ANGELES – GLEN CAMPBELL CD RELEASE SHOW @ THE TROUBADOUR! Stay tuned for details...
AUGUST 21st – LOS ANGELES – JOHN DOE @ Levitt Pavillion for the performing arts in Pasadena
AUGUST 24TH – AUSTIN – SIN CITY SOCIAL CLUB @ The Scoot Inn – Pot Luck, Guitar Pull and more...doors at 6pm
SEPTEMBER 17th – 20th – NASHVILLE – 8th MUSIC ASSOC. FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE - www.americanamusic.org
SEPTEMBER 26th – 28th - AUSTIN - ACL FEST! Www.aclfestival.com
ADIOS!
Shilah Morrow
Sin City Social Club
LA * Austin * Nashville
7800 Indian Ridge Dr.
Austin, TX 78737
213.840.3865 – mobile
512.215.2748 – land line
For more info. on events & projects please visit:
www.sincitysocialclub.com
www.myspace.com/sincityshilah
www.jessedayton.com
www.justicerecords.com
www.americanamusic.org
The Sin City Social Club is a renegade collective of musicians, fans, artists and industry executives brought together by shared appreciation of the art and culture that blur the lines between classic, outlaw & alt. country, punk rock, americana and indie singer songwriters. We turn fans around the globe onto the music and art we love thru our Sin City Social Club cd Samplers, live events, In flight audio programming and thru our home away from home on the internet.
** Wherever you are, Sin City is a state of mind! **
JOHN MELLENCAMP
with Special Guest
*** Lucinda Williams***
The Greek Theatre Ticket Link:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0900408EC4CA5652?artistid=770615&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
RECORDS WE’VE BEEN DYING FOR YOU TO HEAR :
IN STORES NOW:
GRETA GAINES – WHISKEY THOUGHTS (Justice Records) - www.gretagaines.com “Whiskey Thoughts” reviewed in the latest Vintage Guitar Magazine: “One of 2008’s best records, with an invigorating mix of country, rock and R&B. Songs are incredibly well-written, vocals airtight and playing near perfect. And this stands out as one of the year’s biggest surprises. Not bad for a woman who’s done everything from being a pro-snowboarder to hosting her own fishing show on ESPN 2.” —JH
UPCOMING RELEASES:
AUGUST 19th - GLEN CAMPBELL - MEET GLEN CAMPBELL (Capitol Records) Meet Glen Campbell welcomes the discovery and the re-discovery of the legend, his music, and his artistry. With a distinguished music career that spans more than five decades, Glen Campbell has returned to his longtime label home Capitol Records recording 10 new tracks for Meet Glen Campbell.
TUNE IN:
SIN CITY SOCIAL CLUB has a radio station/playlist on PANDORA - you can listen to Mama Shi’s favorites and discover music on Pandora while you’re at work or at the beach! It even sync’s to your iPhone! www.pandora.com - you can search for stations from their homepage.
IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT – if you’re flying on Continental Airlines this month be sure to tune into the country channel – Bryson and I host a fun show and this show (Aug./Sept.) you can hear songs from Wilco & Billy Bragg, James Intveld, Shurman, Brian Wright & The Waco Tragedies, I See Hawks In LA, Glen Campbell, The Mother Truckers, Mike Ness and Dead Rock West! The show also airs on Copa (So. America) and Singapore Airlines so if you’re traveling abroad we’ll be there to keep you company – just bring us back some cool gifts! (wink)
SAVE THE DATE:
JULY 31st - “SANCTIFIED AMERICANA” featuring MIKE FARRIS & THE ROSELAND RHYTHM REVUE + MICHELLE SHOCKED at Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series - 7pm FREE
JUST ADDED: SUNDAY, AUGUST 3rd – SIN CITY SOCIAL CLUB – AUSTIN - @ The SCOOT INN with SHURMAN, AUSTIN COLLINS, DAVE INSLEY & THE CARELESS SMOKERS - only $5 - doors are at 7pm, outdoor stage, potluck, friends, ice cold refreshing beverages!
WEDNESDAYS starting JULY 30th – Mark & Sarah’s Beezle Happy Hour @ Hole In The Wall 6-8pm FREE + Drink Specials and great music from: Randy Weeks (7/30), No Show Ponies (7/30), Pehr Smith & Friends (8/6) American Graveyard (8/6), Collin Herring (8/13), Grub Dog & The Modestos (8/13), Austin Collins (8/20), Shawn Nelson (8/20), Jane Bond (8/27) and more TBA Visit www.msartistdevelopment.com
AUGUST 15th ** NEW DATE ** – LOS ANGELES – SIN CITY ALL STARS and Friends celebrate “Double Nickels” birthday bash for Dusty, Dave Raven and Chris Lawrence!
AUGUST 19TH – LOS ANGELES – GLEN CAMPBELL CD RELEASE SHOW @ THE TROUBADOUR! Stay tuned for details...
AUGUST 21st – LOS ANGELES – JOHN DOE @ Levitt Pavillion for the performing arts in Pasadena
AUGUST 24TH – AUSTIN – SIN CITY SOCIAL CLUB @ The Scoot Inn – Pot Luck, Guitar Pull and more...doors at 6pm
SEPTEMBER 17th – 20th – NASHVILLE – 8th MUSIC ASSOC. FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE - www.americanamusic.org
SEPTEMBER 26th – 28th - AUSTIN - ACL FEST! Www.aclfestival.com
ADIOS!
Shilah Morrow
Sin City Social Club
LA * Austin * Nashville
7800 Indian Ridge Dr.
Austin, TX 78737
213.840.3865 – mobile
512.215.2748 – land line
For more info. on events & projects please visit:
www.sincitysocialclub.com
www.myspace.com/sincityshilah
www.jessedayton.com
www.justicerecords.com
www.americanamusic.org
The Sin City Social Club is a renegade collective of musicians, fans, artists and industry executives brought together by shared appreciation of the art and culture that blur the lines between classic, outlaw & alt. country, punk rock, americana and indie singer songwriters. We turn fans around the globe onto the music and art we love thru our Sin City Social Club cd Samplers, live events, In flight audio programming and thru our home away from home on the internet.
** Wherever you are, Sin City is a state of mind! **
Kollaboration's Acoustic 2 Saturday almost sold out
PK presents BLACK SHEEP COMEDY - The other side of AmericaAnother slice of Americana You're invited to the beta launch: http://www.blacksheepcomedy.com baaah baaah... JOIN www.blacksheepcomedy.com as a member now and win prizes, t-shirts, CDs, tickets to Kollaboration and comedy shows, and celebrity parties!
KOLLABORATION PRESENTS: ACOUSTIC 2 - Almost sold out! Sat. Aug. 2 at The Ford Amphitheater in HollywoodEnjoy great music sitting under the summer stars. You can bring a picnic, food, and drinks! Almost sold out! Limited tickets available: http://www.kollaboration.org/Tickets/Los-Angeles/PK.html
Kollaboration Acoustic 2 AFTERPARTY! Join us after the show at The Hollywood Canteen! Kollaboration Acoustic 2 Afterparty
10pm at
The Hollywood Canteen
1006 Seward St.
Los Angeles
DJ Da-man-age .
$20 at the door
ONLY $5 with a Kollaboration Ticket Stub FREE with a VIP Ticket Stub.
For table and bottle service, please daniejung@gmail.com by Friday Aug. 1st.
Kollab Acoustic 2. Almost sold out! Limited tickets available: http://www.kollaboration.org/Tickets/Los-Angeles/PK.html
Kollaboration Acoustic 2
Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 7PM
Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood, CA
2580 Cahuenga Blvd.
East Hollywood CA 90068
Also enjoy a picnic dinner at the Ford! Come 2 hours early & enjoy a dinner under the stars.
Parking Information
Parking - $10 with stacked parking OR
Satellite Parking & Shuttle Service for Ford Amphitheatre – FREE SERVICE
Shuttles start running 2 hours before the show time at 20 minute intervals which is located @ the Universal City Metro Station at Lankershim Blvd. and Camp de Cahuenga in the "Kiss and ride" area. Parking is free in the Metro Station lot.
The address of the Universal City Metro Station is:
Lankershim Blvd & Universal Terrace Parkway, North Hollywood, CA 91608
KOLLABORATION PRESENTS: ACOUSTIC 2 - Almost sold out! Sat. Aug. 2 at The Ford Amphitheater in HollywoodEnjoy great music sitting under the summer stars. You can bring a picnic, food, and drinks! Almost sold out! Limited tickets available: http://www.kollaboration.org/Tickets/Los-Angeles/PK.html
Kollaboration Acoustic 2 AFTERPARTY! Join us after the show at The Hollywood Canteen! Kollaboration Acoustic 2 Afterparty
10pm at
The Hollywood Canteen
1006 Seward St.
Los Angeles
DJ Da-man-age .
$20 at the door
ONLY $5 with a Kollaboration Ticket Stub FREE with a VIP Ticket Stub.
For table and bottle service, please daniejung@gmail.com by Friday Aug. 1st.
Kollab Acoustic 2. Almost sold out! Limited tickets available: http://www.kollaboration.org/Tickets/Los-Angeles/PK.html
Kollaboration Acoustic 2
Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 7PM
Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood, CA
2580 Cahuenga Blvd.
East Hollywood CA 90068
Also enjoy a picnic dinner at the Ford! Come 2 hours early & enjoy a dinner under the stars.
Parking Information
Parking - $10 with stacked parking OR
Satellite Parking & Shuttle Service for Ford Amphitheatre – FREE SERVICE
Shuttles start running 2 hours before the show time at 20 minute intervals which is located @ the Universal City Metro Station at Lankershim Blvd. and Camp de Cahuenga in the "Kiss and ride" area. Parking is free in the Metro Station lot.
The address of the Universal City Metro Station is:
Lankershim Blvd & Universal Terrace Parkway, North Hollywood, CA 91608
Alice Cooper at Wiltern canceled
From Live Nation:
FYI - This show is no longer playing out.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
ALICE COOPER
With Special Guest
The Wiltern
September 4, 2008
FYI - This show is no longer playing out.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
ALICE COOPER
With Special Guest
The Wiltern
September 4, 2008
Mike Munro returns to Meliah Rage
Throughout the course of their career, Meliah Rage has refused to let line-up changes derail or silence the mighty metal quintet from Boston, Massachusetts. And the group continues to live by this rule, as they've just announced the re-entry of the group's original frontman, Mike Munro.
After singer Paul Souza exited the band late last year, a six-month search for a suitable replacement began, which led to a dead end. That is, until producer Rich Spillberg suggested that they should contact Munro, and get back to their roots. After being out of Meliah Rage for over a decade, Munro is back for more, joining band mates Anthony Nichols (guitar), Jim Koury (guitar), Darren Lourie (bass), and Stu Dowie (drums).
And in a twist of fate, the last Meliah Rage release to feature Munro, 'Death Valley Dream,' was recently remastered, with its release – July 29th (yesterday) - coming right on the heels of the announcement of Munro's return. To mark the album's reissue, a rare, never seen before video from that record is currently being re-edited, and will be posted on the band's website and Myspace page in the near future. Additionally, the Munro-fronted Meliah Rage is currently working on a new record with producer Spillberg (who has worked with everyone from Steel Assassin to Josh Grobin), at Red Devil Recording in Stoughton, MA, and should be on store shelves by early 2009.
Keep your eyes peeled for the next phase of Meliah Rage, which promises to be one of their best yet!
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/meliahrage
www.meliahrage.com
After singer Paul Souza exited the band late last year, a six-month search for a suitable replacement began, which led to a dead end. That is, until producer Rich Spillberg suggested that they should contact Munro, and get back to their roots. After being out of Meliah Rage for over a decade, Munro is back for more, joining band mates Anthony Nichols (guitar), Jim Koury (guitar), Darren Lourie (bass), and Stu Dowie (drums).
And in a twist of fate, the last Meliah Rage release to feature Munro, 'Death Valley Dream,' was recently remastered, with its release – July 29th (yesterday) - coming right on the heels of the announcement of Munro's return. To mark the album's reissue, a rare, never seen before video from that record is currently being re-edited, and will be posted on the band's website and Myspace page in the near future. Additionally, the Munro-fronted Meliah Rage is currently working on a new record with producer Spillberg (who has worked with everyone from Steel Assassin to Josh Grobin), at Red Devil Recording in Stoughton, MA, and should be on store shelves by early 2009.
Keep your eyes peeled for the next phase of Meliah Rage, which promises to be one of their best yet!
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/meliahrage
www.meliahrage.com
Portugal. The Man inks unique agreement to release new effort
As the music industry continues to adapt to allow artists to be more involved in their careers - an act that was perhaps accelerated by Radiohead's most recent release - and the band's desire to cater more to their fans, Portugal. The Man and their label and publishing company, Approaching AIRBalloons, and Equal Vision Records have inked a unique agreement, it has been announced. The first release under this exceptional deal will be P.TM's third full-length CD, Censored Colors, set for a September 16, 2008 release.
One of the factors that makes this partnership so unique is that the members of Portugal. The Man will share in the risk as well as in the rewards with Equal Vision, something that is easier for a Platinum act (like Radiohead) than a developing artist. Having self-financed the "Censored Colors" album, and while they had other label options, P.TM welcomed the idea of having an "open canvas" with Equal Vision, where they could work at their own pace and be intimately involved in all factors of their recording career.
Under the mainstream radar, Portugal. The Man has garnered an incredible buzz with the release of two earlier full-length CDs, 2006's Walter: "You Vultures!" and 2007's Church Mouth (the latter of which debuted on the Billboard Top Alternative New Artists chart at luck #13), and three EPs, The Pines, the Devil (2006), Devil Say I, I Say Air (digital EP, 2006), and It's Complicated Being a Wizard (2007). They have amassed kudos from an array of media outlets like Filter ("Portugal The Man hasn't merely evolved from the avant-garde, neo-soul that shaped their earliest works, they've transcended it") and Alternative Press ("...it's the songs that truly set this band apart").
Portugal. The Man's unique sound has its roots firmly in front man/songwriter John Baldwin Gourley's abstract vision and unique upbringing. Gourley was raised in a remote log cabin on the outskirts of Wasilla, Alaska that was powered by a generator and had no phone. His mom and dad doubled as a team of dog sled mushers. Add in an extended period of homelessness, a love of science fiction and a desire to make music that does not sound like every other band, and the genesis of Portugal. The Man was formed.
Gourley and childhood friend Zachary Scott Carothers formed P.TM in 2003 with Portland, OR's Jason Sechrist joining in 2005. To this day, PTM employs a rotating cast of guest musicians outside of the core four. Gourley is also an accomplished visual artist having created the stunning artwork for the "Censored Colors" package as well as P.TM's previous releases, tour posters, t-shirts and other items.)
The band intends to tour extensively in support of Censored Colors. P.TM - guitarist/singer/songwriter Gourley, bassist/singer Carothers, newest full-time member keyboardist/singer Ryan Neighbors, and drummer Garrett Lunceford (who replaces Jason Sechrist) - is currently on the road supporting RX Bandits for six-weeks worth of U.S. dates, will then headline a European tour from September 10 to October 4, then, beginning October 14, will headline their own 38-city U.S. tour (initial dates below). Support for this tour will be Earl Greyhound and Wintersleep. Portugal. The Man's current U.S. dates with RX Bandits, and initial dates for the bend's Fall headline tour are as follows:
(with RX Bandits)
JULY
30 The Fillmore @ The TLA, Philadelphia, PA
31 School of Rock, S. Hackensack, NJ
AUGUST
1 Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
2 Harper's Ferry, Boston, MA
4 The Club at Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY
5 Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH
6 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
7 Metro, Chicago, IL
8 2 Cents Plain, St. Louis, MO
9 The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
10 Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
12 Marquis Theatre, Portland, OR
13 Avalon Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
15 El Corazon, Seattle, WA
16 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
17 The Boardwalk, Orangevale, CA
18 Slim's, San Francisco, CA
22 The Glass House, Pomona, CA
23 Jillian's, Las Vegas, NV
27 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
28 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
30 SOMA, San Diego, CA
31 The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ
SEPTEMBER
1 The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ
(September 10 - October 4 - European Tour)
(U.S. Fall headline tour)
OCTOBER
14 The Exit, Fresno, CA
15 Clubhouse, Phoenix, AZ
17 Rock Bottom, San Antonio, TX
18 Emo's, Austin, TX
19 Meridian, Houston, TX
20 House of Blues/Parish Room, New Orleans, LA
22 State Theatre, Tampa, FL
23 The Social, Orlando, FL
24 Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, FL
25 The 7 Venue, Douglasville, GA
26 The Brewery, Raleigh, NC
27 Canal Club, Richmond VA
29 Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
30 Philadelphia, PA31 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
NOVEMBER
1 School of Rock, Hackensack, NJ
2 Harper's Ferry, Boston, MA
(more dates TBA)
One of the factors that makes this partnership so unique is that the members of Portugal. The Man will share in the risk as well as in the rewards with Equal Vision, something that is easier for a Platinum act (like Radiohead) than a developing artist. Having self-financed the "Censored Colors" album, and while they had other label options, P.TM welcomed the idea of having an "open canvas" with Equal Vision, where they could work at their own pace and be intimately involved in all factors of their recording career.
Under the mainstream radar, Portugal. The Man has garnered an incredible buzz with the release of two earlier full-length CDs, 2006's Walter: "You Vultures!" and 2007's Church Mouth (the latter of which debuted on the Billboard Top Alternative New Artists chart at luck #13), and three EPs, The Pines, the Devil (2006), Devil Say I, I Say Air (digital EP, 2006), and It's Complicated Being a Wizard (2007). They have amassed kudos from an array of media outlets like Filter ("Portugal The Man hasn't merely evolved from the avant-garde, neo-soul that shaped their earliest works, they've transcended it") and Alternative Press ("...it's the songs that truly set this band apart").
Portugal. The Man's unique sound has its roots firmly in front man/songwriter John Baldwin Gourley's abstract vision and unique upbringing. Gourley was raised in a remote log cabin on the outskirts of Wasilla, Alaska that was powered by a generator and had no phone. His mom and dad doubled as a team of dog sled mushers. Add in an extended period of homelessness, a love of science fiction and a desire to make music that does not sound like every other band, and the genesis of Portugal. The Man was formed.
Gourley and childhood friend Zachary Scott Carothers formed P.TM in 2003 with Portland, OR's Jason Sechrist joining in 2005. To this day, PTM employs a rotating cast of guest musicians outside of the core four. Gourley is also an accomplished visual artist having created the stunning artwork for the "Censored Colors" package as well as P.TM's previous releases, tour posters, t-shirts and other items.)
The band intends to tour extensively in support of Censored Colors. P.TM - guitarist/singer/songwriter Gourley, bassist/singer Carothers, newest full-time member keyboardist/singer Ryan Neighbors, and drummer Garrett Lunceford (who replaces Jason Sechrist) - is currently on the road supporting RX Bandits for six-weeks worth of U.S. dates, will then headline a European tour from September 10 to October 4, then, beginning October 14, will headline their own 38-city U.S. tour (initial dates below). Support for this tour will be Earl Greyhound and Wintersleep. Portugal. The Man's current U.S. dates with RX Bandits, and initial dates for the bend's Fall headline tour are as follows:
(with RX Bandits)
JULY
30 The Fillmore @ The TLA, Philadelphia, PA
31 School of Rock, S. Hackensack, NJ
AUGUST
1 Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
2 Harper's Ferry, Boston, MA
4 The Club at Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY
5 Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH
6 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
7 Metro, Chicago, IL
8 2 Cents Plain, St. Louis, MO
9 The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
10 Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
12 Marquis Theatre, Portland, OR
13 Avalon Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
15 El Corazon, Seattle, WA
16 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
17 The Boardwalk, Orangevale, CA
18 Slim's, San Francisco, CA
22 The Glass House, Pomona, CA
23 Jillian's, Las Vegas, NV
27 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
28 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
30 SOMA, San Diego, CA
31 The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ
SEPTEMBER
1 The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ
(September 10 - October 4 - European Tour)
(U.S. Fall headline tour)
OCTOBER
14 The Exit, Fresno, CA
15 Clubhouse, Phoenix, AZ
17 Rock Bottom, San Antonio, TX
18 Emo's, Austin, TX
19 Meridian, Houston, TX
20 House of Blues/Parish Room, New Orleans, LA
22 State Theatre, Tampa, FL
23 The Social, Orlando, FL
24 Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, FL
25 The 7 Venue, Douglasville, GA
26 The Brewery, Raleigh, NC
27 Canal Club, Richmond VA
29 Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
30 Philadelphia, PA31 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
NOVEMBER
1 School of Rock, Hackensack, NJ
2 Harper's Ferry, Boston, MA
(more dates TBA)
Brother to perform at Dublin Irish Fest in Ohio and touring
BROTHER returns to Dublin Irish Fest in Ohio this weekend. The band will be closing the festival on Saturday and Sunday, August 2 and 3 .
Angus - "It's some years since we played Dublin. I believe it was the Rick and Roel days, in the early 21st century, and a particularly steamy weekend if I remember rightly. There are some other great bands in the lineup this year, so we'll be there early..."
Dublin Irish Fest
Coffman Park
Dublin, OH
Saturday, August 2nd
10 pm, Celtic Rock Stage
Sunday, August 3rd
6:30 pm, Celtic Rock Stage
The following week the fellas return to Musikfest in Bethlehem PA, Thursday and Friday, August 7 and 8.
Angus - "We first played Musikfest in the early nineties. It's always a highlight. That big old tent seems to pulsate with a life of its own."
Other upcoming dates:
Aug 13 River Rhythms, Milwaukee, WI
Aug 14 Alive at Five, Albany, NY
Sep 5-7 Longs Peak Irish Fest, Estes Park, CO
Sep 13 Hoolie Fest, Sonora, CA
Sep 19 Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Road Journal
Angus talks about being in LA, work on the new CD, and veggies in the garden in his latest road journal entry. Check it out at www.BROTHERmusic.com
Digital DownloadsTracks from Pax Romana MMV and Urban Cave are available for purchase at iTunes and Rhapsody. Spread the news. Leave a review.
Rhapsody: http://mp3.rhapsody.com/brother2
iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/ (search for Urban Cave and Pax Romana MMV)
Unreleased BROTHER tracks can be purchased from the band's Mongrel Marketplace on http://www.brothermusic.com/.
Plans are in the works to make back catalog albums available for digital download.
BROTHER
BROTHERmusic.com
Angus - "It's some years since we played Dublin. I believe it was the Rick and Roel days, in the early 21st century, and a particularly steamy weekend if I remember rightly. There are some other great bands in the lineup this year, so we'll be there early..."
Dublin Irish Fest
Coffman Park
Dublin, OH
Saturday, August 2nd
10 pm, Celtic Rock Stage
Sunday, August 3rd
6:30 pm, Celtic Rock Stage
The following week the fellas return to Musikfest in Bethlehem PA, Thursday and Friday, August 7 and 8.
Angus - "We first played Musikfest in the early nineties. It's always a highlight. That big old tent seems to pulsate with a life of its own."
Other upcoming dates:
Aug 13 River Rhythms, Milwaukee, WI
Aug 14 Alive at Five, Albany, NY
Sep 5-7 Longs Peak Irish Fest, Estes Park, CO
Sep 13 Hoolie Fest, Sonora, CA
Sep 19 Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Road Journal
Angus talks about being in LA, work on the new CD, and veggies in the garden in his latest road journal entry. Check it out at www.BROTHERmusic.com
Digital DownloadsTracks from Pax Romana MMV and Urban Cave are available for purchase at iTunes and Rhapsody. Spread the news. Leave a review.
Rhapsody: http://mp3.rhapsody.com/brother2
iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/ (search for Urban Cave and Pax Romana MMV)
Unreleased BROTHER tracks can be purchased from the band's Mongrel Marketplace on http://www.brothermusic.com/.
Plans are in the works to make back catalog albums available for digital download.
BROTHER
BROTHERmusic.com
NPR Music to webcast and broadcast Newport Folk Festival and JVC Jazz Festival performances
For the first time, NPR Music, together with NPR Member stations WBGO/Jazz88.3FM in Newark, NJ, and WFUV 90.7FM New York, will live webcast and broadcast four days of performances from Festival Network’s Newport Folk Festival and JVC Jazz Festival Newport in August, offering music by esteemed folk, rock, country, jazz, reggae and blues artists. All of the concerts will be streamed live and free, and archived for on-demand listening at NPR Music: www.NPR.org/music Select concerts will also be podcast.
As part of this festival coverage, NPR Music, WBGO and WFUV will also produce radio specials from the festivals, highlighting standout performances and interviews with musicians. The broadcast specials will air on NPR Member stations across the country. Throughout the festivals, NPR will also host a live web chat at www.NPR.org/music NPR Music is a media partner for both festivals, and is teaming with Festival Network on its webcasts and broadcasts of the concerts.
NPR Music and WFUV will webcast more than 10 performances from the biggest names playing the Newport Folk Festival over two days: Saturday, August 2 from noon to 5:00PM (ET) and Sunday, August 3 from 11:30AM to 3:00PM (ET). WFUV will also broadcast live from the festival on August 2. Confirmed artists include Jim James of My Morning Jacket; She & Him, the musical pairing of M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel; and folk-funk pioneer Richie Havens, who returns to the festival after 17 years. NPR Music will also webcast concerts by Gillian Welch, Steve Earle and Alison Moorer, Calexico, Jakob Dylan of the Wallflowers, Cowboy Junkies and Brandy Carlile. The webcasts will be co-hosted by Bob Boilen, host and creator of the popular NPR Music show All Songs Considered, and WFUV host and music director Rita Houston. Updated artist lists and performance schedules are at: www.nprmusic.org/newportfolkfestival
The following weekend, August 9 and 10, NPR Music and WBGO team up to live webcast main stage acts from the JVC Jazz Festival Newport. WBGO will also broadcast live from 11:30AM to 2:00PM (ET) on both days. On the bill are legendary pianist Herbie Hancock; producer, performer and Jazz Festival founder George Wein; guitarist Howard Alden; along with rising jazz stars Esperanza Spalding and Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos. WBGO special projects producer Josh Jackson will host the Jazz Festival webcasts. Updated artist lists and performance schedules are at: www.nprmusic.org/jvcjazzfestnewport
NPR Music frequently live webcasts concerts from venues across the country as part of its continuing “Live in Concert” series, which has featured more than 100 live events to date. In March, NPR Music, WFUV and several other Member stations traveled to Austin, TX, to live webcast and broadcast 14 concerts from South by Southwest, among them R.E.M., My Morning Jacket and Yo La Tengo. Earlier this summer, NPR Music and WBGO launched the site’s first concert series of live jazz webcasts, “Live at the Village Vanguard,” which offers monthly shows from the legendary New York City venue. The NPR Music Concert Calendar lists all upcoming live webcasts, and calendar reminders for Google Mail or Outlook: www.NPR.org/concertcalendar
NPR Music launched in November 2007 as a free, comprehensive music discovery destination, featuring content from NPR, WBGO, WFVU and 10 other NPR Member public radio stations, as well as original-to-NPR Music features such as live performances, studio sessions, interviews, reviews and blogs. Specific sections of the site are dedicated to rock/pop/folk, classical, jazz/blues, world and urban music. The site culls from NPR’s and the stations’ extensive music archives to present thousands of features; its popular Concert section offers hundreds of regional and national web concerts, with more than 15 new performances added each month. NPR Music also offers dozens of original public radio music podcasts.
As part of this festival coverage, NPR Music, WBGO and WFUV will also produce radio specials from the festivals, highlighting standout performances and interviews with musicians. The broadcast specials will air on NPR Member stations across the country. Throughout the festivals, NPR will also host a live web chat at www.NPR.org/music NPR Music is a media partner for both festivals, and is teaming with Festival Network on its webcasts and broadcasts of the concerts.
NPR Music and WFUV will webcast more than 10 performances from the biggest names playing the Newport Folk Festival over two days: Saturday, August 2 from noon to 5:00PM (ET) and Sunday, August 3 from 11:30AM to 3:00PM (ET). WFUV will also broadcast live from the festival on August 2. Confirmed artists include Jim James of My Morning Jacket; She & Him, the musical pairing of M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel; and folk-funk pioneer Richie Havens, who returns to the festival after 17 years. NPR Music will also webcast concerts by Gillian Welch, Steve Earle and Alison Moorer, Calexico, Jakob Dylan of the Wallflowers, Cowboy Junkies and Brandy Carlile. The webcasts will be co-hosted by Bob Boilen, host and creator of the popular NPR Music show All Songs Considered, and WFUV host and music director Rita Houston. Updated artist lists and performance schedules are at: www.nprmusic.org/newportfolkfestival
The following weekend, August 9 and 10, NPR Music and WBGO team up to live webcast main stage acts from the JVC Jazz Festival Newport. WBGO will also broadcast live from 11:30AM to 2:00PM (ET) on both days. On the bill are legendary pianist Herbie Hancock; producer, performer and Jazz Festival founder George Wein; guitarist Howard Alden; along with rising jazz stars Esperanza Spalding and Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos. WBGO special projects producer Josh Jackson will host the Jazz Festival webcasts. Updated artist lists and performance schedules are at: www.nprmusic.org/jvcjazzfestnewport
NPR Music frequently live webcasts concerts from venues across the country as part of its continuing “Live in Concert” series, which has featured more than 100 live events to date. In March, NPR Music, WFUV and several other Member stations traveled to Austin, TX, to live webcast and broadcast 14 concerts from South by Southwest, among them R.E.M., My Morning Jacket and Yo La Tengo. Earlier this summer, NPR Music and WBGO launched the site’s first concert series of live jazz webcasts, “Live at the Village Vanguard,” which offers monthly shows from the legendary New York City venue. The NPR Music Concert Calendar lists all upcoming live webcasts, and calendar reminders for Google Mail or Outlook: www.NPR.org/concertcalendar
NPR Music launched in November 2007 as a free, comprehensive music discovery destination, featuring content from NPR, WBGO, WFVU and 10 other NPR Member public radio stations, as well as original-to-NPR Music features such as live performances, studio sessions, interviews, reviews and blogs. Specific sections of the site are dedicated to rock/pop/folk, classical, jazz/blues, world and urban music. The site culls from NPR’s and the stations’ extensive music archives to present thousands of features; its popular Concert section offers hundreds of regional and national web concerts, with more than 15 new performances added each month. NPR Music also offers dozens of original public radio music podcasts.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Support local music with Sierra Madre Sue
Blues harp player Rick Germond has had many different bands over the years, that have all had one thing in common - a very unique name. The first ones that I remember seeing were Crazy Legs and the Curbfeelers. Since then, in no particular order, other incarnations have included: Eight Ball Blaines, Primordial Slim, and The Unknown Maracas.His current project, THE CAIN ENABLERS, are appearing this SATURDAY, AUGUST 2nd at the BUCCANEER LOUNGE in SIERRA MADRE at 9pm.
Harmonica-driven instrumentals and original tunes with interesting lyrics are their specialty, along with classic Blues covers. Complete gig details below, and band photo.
From left to right: RICK REED, bass: RICK GERMOND, harmonica: PETER BURKE, drums; and BRUCE McADAM, guitar.
Check 'em out - you'll be glad you did!
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Today!!! WED. 7/30 - VIN FIZ FLYER @ THE FARMERS' MARKET IN SIERRA MADRE, 6pm. In the Mariposa parking lot, behind the Buccaneer, etc. Food & beverages available for purchase. "Bluegrass with a bit more fiz."
Tonight!!! WED. 7/30 - aka MAX BUDA @ THE OLD TOWNE PUB IN PASADENA, 9pm. Corner of Fair Oaks & Union, behind the Container Store. Enter thru alley off of Holly Ave. No cover, beer only (wine maybe?) Eclectic Jazzy Blues Rock (!) and no - Bruen's not back in this band either.
THURS. 7/31 - LISA FINNIE & FRIENDS @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 8 - 11pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. No cover, all ages. Beautiful and talented Country/Western torch singer and guitar player, who always has some quality musicians backing her up - and I know Marc Doten will be on bass. I'm looking forward to seeing Lisa make her debut at one of my favorite venues, and hope to see ALL OF YOU there as well!
FRI. 8/1 - DAVE OSTI AND DEANNA COGAN (The MELLOW D's) @ THE MAYAN BAR (inside the Aztec Hotel) in MONROVIA, 6 - 9pm Happy Hour. 311 W. Foothill Blvd. 626-358-3231. NO COVER. Full bar, limited food menu. Acoustic Guitar, vocals. Cool dude/hot chick! http://www.davidvalentinoosti.com/
8/1 - 1st FRIDAY ART CLUB OPENING AND PARTY @ McGINTY'S GALLERY AT THE END OF THE WORLD IN ALTADENA, 7pm - 1am. 2475 N. Lake Ave. 626-794-8779. $5. Group Art show. Live music by THE SUNDOWNERS and ALMASE ARABESQUE belly dancing duo. Followed by Potluck BBQ & Open Mic on Saturday and Mimosa & Bloody Mary Brunch on Sunday.
FRI. 8/1 - JETSTREAM @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover, lots o' free parking in back. "High Altitude Rock" from Jet and friends.
SAT. 8/2 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. Saturday BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SAT. 8/2 - Open Mic Night @ the FRETHOUSE in Covina. 309 N. Citrus Ave. (626) 339-7020. Always on the first Saturday of the month, and just one dollar for performers or audience. Sign-up starts at 7:30. If there aren't enough slots for everybody they'll make a list for the next month, and call you. Each act gets two songs or ten minutes, whichever comes first. The show starts at 8:00. They'll have desserts and coffee ready. Bring your friends and family and join the show! www.covina.com/frethouse/
SAT. 8/2 - CAIN ENABLERS @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover, cheap drinks, friendly service! BLUES. Also see the opening paragraph and band photo.
SAT. 8/2 - DAVID SERBY @ THE PRESS IN CLAREMONT, 10pm. 129 Harvard Ave. 909-625-4808. FREE. Americana/Country singer/songwriter & really nice guy!
SAT. 8/2 - MARTINI DIARIES featuring JEFF STETSON & friends @ COLOMBO'S ITALIAN STEAK HOUSE IN EAGLE ROCK, 10pm - 1am. 1833 Colorado Blvd. 323-254-9138. Full kitchen & bar. Jeff sez: first set will be Jazz & then evolve into "Acid-Lounge-Jazz-Rock!" 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month.
SUN. 8/3 - SNOTTY SCOTTY & THE HANKIES @ THE 2nd ANNUAL NAKED CROW MOUNTAIN BIKE CHALLENGE IN ALTADENA, 10am - 12pm. Concert is FREE. Event starts at 6am with registration, a pancake breakfast at 8am, vendor booths, beer garden at 10am, and more. Ever seen Scotty in spandex bike shorts? http://www.altadenanakedcrowmtnbikechallenge.com/AboutThisRace.htm
SUN. 8/3 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SUN. 8/3 - THE MERCY POWELL QUARTET @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 1:30 - 4:30pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd . 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. No cover, all ages. Mercy, Josh, Marc & Peter Burke doin' some standards & jazzy stuff for your dining & listening pleasure!
SUN. 8/3 - WRECK 'N' SOW @ BARN BURNER RESTAURANT IN PASADENA, 5 - 8pm. 1000 S. Fair Oaks Ave. 626-403-RIBS. BBQ, beer, wine. Fun Bluegrass stuff w/great harmonies & snazzy overalls! The Dupuy Brothers and friends. http://www.wrecknsow.com/
SUN. 8/3 - ALUMINUM MARSHMALLOW with the AGE OF AQUARIUS HORNS @ MEMORIAL PARK IN SIERRA MADRE, 6 - 8pm. FREE Concert in the Park sponsored by this year's 4th of July Parade Grand Marshals, the Sierra Madre Volunteer Fire Department, who will be offering free sodas & water. Bring your own dinner. All ages, lawn seating. Classic 60's & 70's Rock from Sierra Madre's favorite band!
SUN. 8/3 - "OPERA TO BROADWAY" VOCAL PERFORMANCES @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 7pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. Every Sunday evening. Get there early - they pack 'em in!
SUN. 8/3 - VIN FIZ FLYER @ SIERRA CUP IN MONROVIA, 8pm. 409 S. Myrtle Ave. 626-304-4214. Coffee, pastries, frozen yogurt, etc. "Bluegrass with a bit more fiz!"
Cancelled: MON. 8/4 - THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE @ COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE IN ALTADENA.
TUES. 8/5 - THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE @ LEVITT PAVILION IN PASADENA, 6 - 7pm. Corner of Raymond & Walnut. Gold Line Station is Memorial Park. Seating on the green, not sure about food.
8/5 - "TACO TUESDAY" @ MARY'S MARKET & CAFE IN SIERRA MADRE CANYON, featuring JODI & THE MINIONS doing "Standards with a high standard of standardness", 7 - 9pm. 561 Woodland Ave. 626-355-4534. Limited parking. Yummy cheap tacos! and please tip the musicians!
FRI. 8/8 - DAVE OSTI AND DEANNA COGAN (The MELLOW D's) @ THE MAYAN BAR (inside the Aztec Hotel) in MONROVIA, 6 - 9pm Happy Hour. 311 W. Foothill Blvd. 626-358-3231. NO COVER. Full bar, limited food menu. Acoustic Guitar, vocals. Cool dude/hot chick! http://www.davidvalentinoosti.com/
FRI. 8/8 - VELOURIA @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover, cheap drinks, friendly service! Richard Reese's son Rick's band. Alternative Rock. Hopefully they will have their new CD finished and for sale that night.
SAT. 8/9 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. Saturday BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SAT. 8/9 - THE LATE BLOOMERS @ SIERRA CUP IN MONROVIA, 7pm. 409 S. Myrtle Ave. 626-304-4214. Coffee, pastries, frozen yogurt, etc. Sierra Madre School Principal Gayle Bluemel's group. Folk/Bluegrass/Country.
SAT. 8/9 - SNOTTY SCOTTY & THE HANKIES @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover, cheap drinks! Oldies, One-hit wonders, etc. Eugene Embree and MY Birthday show!
SUN. 8/10 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SUN. 8/10 - THE SURFING SAFARIS @ GARFIELD PARK IN SOUTH PASADENA, 5 - 7pm. On Mission St., east of Fair Oaks. For more info. call: 626-403-7200. "Beach Party" tunes/Surf music. Dave Batti of John Stewart's band on bass.
SUN. 8/10 - THE GROOVE @ MEMORIAL PARK IN SIERRA MADRE, 6 - 8pm. Hermosa & S.M. Blvd., next to City Hall. 70's & 80's Rock. Ben Rushing on drums. Poor guy's gotta carry his drums across the street from where he lives!
SUN. 8/10 - "OPERA TO BROADWAY" VOCAL PERFORMANCES @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 7pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. Every Sunday evening. Get there early - they pack 'em in!
SUN. 8/10 - THE SHEDS @ THE KNITTING FACTORY IN HOLLYWOOD, 7pm. The CaliTOURnia tour with Peaceable Jones, etc. $10. 7021 Hollywood Blvd. 323-463-0204. Ska/Reggae/Punk.
TUES. 8/12 - WRECK 'N' SOW @ THE PIKE IN LONG BEACH, 8pm - Midnight. 1836 E. 4th St. 562-437-4453. Fun Bluegrass stuff w/great harmonies & snazzy overalls! The Dupuy brothers, etc. http://www.wrecknsow.com/index.htm
Please remember to call and verify all info. before making plans. Everything is subject to change. This is show biz, after all.
Hope to see you out & about,
SierraMadreSue
sierramadresue@yahoo.com
P.S. Almost every city in the area has FREE Summer Concerts in the Park. Check their individual websites for schedules and details, or call City Hall.
FOR EVEN MORE COOL SHOWS & INFO., CHECK OUT THESE SITES:
http://cafe322.com/
http://sierracup.com/
http://www.myspace.com/piratedive
http://www.coffeegallery.com/home.html
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The 44s and Bobby Bluehouse at Arcadia Blues Club
The 44s and Bobby Bluehouse band are merging blues forces for one night this Saturday, August 2nd at the Arcadia Blues Club for a very full night of blues. Their hot line up is below and there are 4 sets starting at 8pm until closing and only 10 bucks to get in and 5 bucks before 8:30 ...WOW!
Check out the website: http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=2355103&s=75357410
Between all this cats they know a whole bunch o blues...
Johnny Main from the 44s - guitar and vocals band leader.
Tex Nakamura (formerly of "WAR")- Harmonica & Percussion.
Daddy Rich formerly of Billy Preston Band - Trombone, Hammond B3, Keys, Vocals.
Howard Deer - Bass and Vocals with Guitar Shorty for 12 years, Studio Musician.
Big Terry - Studio Lead Guitar on a whole bunch of records.
Bobby Bluehouse - Band Leader, Drums and Vocals.
So come on out for a special blues party this Saturday night!
www.arcadiabluesclub.com
Check out the website: http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=2355103&s=75357410
Between all this cats they know a whole bunch o blues...
Johnny Main from the 44s - guitar and vocals band leader.
Tex Nakamura (formerly of "WAR")- Harmonica & Percussion.
Daddy Rich formerly of Billy Preston Band - Trombone, Hammond B3, Keys, Vocals.
Howard Deer - Bass and Vocals with Guitar Shorty for 12 years, Studio Musician.
Big Terry - Studio Lead Guitar on a whole bunch of records.
Bobby Bluehouse - Band Leader, Drums and Vocals.
So come on out for a special blues party this Saturday night!
www.arcadiabluesclub.com
Elyse Bruce and other's hold Art From the Heart to benefit Autism Ontario
http://www.peterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1134192
7/29/2008
News Briefs
Paintings benefit autism cause
Paintings created at the first Art From the Heart fundraiser in support of Autism Ontario (Canada) will be on display at the Spaghetti House until Sunday.
On Saturday, seven teams -- made up of professional artists and business leaders -- worked together to create paintings in the parking lot of the Clonsilla Avenue restaurant, said local artist Elyse Bruce, whose son has Asperger's syndrome.
For a $5 donation, Bruce said, people can now vote for which painting they like the best.
The paintings will be on display online at www.midnightinchicago.com as well as at the Spaghetti House.
Voting is open until Sunday at midnight, she said, and the winning team will be announced Aug. 10.
The team with the most votes will present half the money raised to Autism Ontario and the other half to a local charity of their choice, she said.
Article ID# 1134192
7/29/2008
News Briefs
Paintings benefit autism cause
Paintings created at the first Art From the Heart fundraiser in support of Autism Ontario (Canada) will be on display at the Spaghetti House until Sunday.
On Saturday, seven teams -- made up of professional artists and business leaders -- worked together to create paintings in the parking lot of the Clonsilla Avenue restaurant, said local artist Elyse Bruce, whose son has Asperger's syndrome.
For a $5 donation, Bruce said, people can now vote for which painting they like the best.
The paintings will be on display online at www.midnightinchicago.com as well as at the Spaghetti House.
Voting is open until Sunday at midnight, she said, and the winning team will be announced Aug. 10.
The team with the most votes will present half the money raised to Autism Ontario and the other half to a local charity of their choice, she said.
Article ID# 1134192
Check out Shy Child on tour
The NME declares, “Shy Child are to Kraftwerk what The White Stripes are to Led Zeppelin!”
And here is their story... Nate Smith (Drums) and Pete Cafarella (Vox/Keytar) met at Wesleyan University in the mid-90’s where Nate had invited Pete to join his band. Although Pete was kicked out a few days later the two formed a fast friendship that would eventually lead to the formation of Shy Child once they both had relocated to NYC.
Initially the band was pursued when time permitted between their various projects. They recorded their 2004 album, “One With the Sun” with small expectations and an even smaller budget, recording it in Pete’s apartment to a computer with Chris Zane for the price of pizza and beer. It would prove to be just enough…
The band caught the attention of producer Paul Epworth (Kate Nash/Bloc Party/The Rapture) and soon they were in the studio working on new material along with the band’s previous producer, Chris Zane (Les Savy Fav/White Rabbits/Asobi Seksu). The resulting album, “Noise Won’t Stop” bristles with frantic energy and blistering tones leading with the first track “Drop The Phone” and featuring the U.S. debut sonic single, “Astronaut”. And producer/artist extraordinaire SpankRock, lends a his rapping/vocals to the slickest album track “Kick Drum.”
After a US tour with Hot Chip in November of 2006, the band took the plunge and lived as ex-pats in London for the next 8 months. The time abroad began with a full UK tour in support of their old pals Klaxons culminating in 2 sold out dates at Shepard’s Bush Empire in London. And that was just the beginning; over the course of the summer they traversed the Emerald Isle four times and played numerous shows and festivals throughout Europe. The highlights included sets at 02 Wireless, Glastonbury, The Isle of Wight, and an opening slot at Wembley Stadium with Muse. When all was finished the dynamic duo had logged over 100 dates.
In June of 2007 in the UK they appeared on the venerable program, Later With Jools Holland. On the bill with them that night were Sir Paul McCartney and Bjork, which made for some mighty company indeed. Impressed with their unique sound fashion maven Stella McCartney requested the band to be the performers for her segment in the Fashion Rocks TV special that was broadcasted throughout Europe to over 60 million viewers. And a few months later in January 08, while performing as part of Australia’s legendary Big Day Out Festival, they were asked by Bjork to open for her at the Opera House in Sydney.
Now “Noise Won’t Stop” has found it’s home on the esteemed Kill Rock Stars Label and Shy Child are spending 2008 touring the U.S. Be on the look out for this transcendent two-some.
US TOUR
Tue 7/29 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater w/ The Faint
Wed 7/30 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue w/ The Faint
Thu 7/31 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House w/ The Faint
Fri 8/1 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/ The Faint
Sun 8/3 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Mon 8/4 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Tue 8/5 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom - Regency w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Thu 8/7 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Fri 8/8 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Sat 8/9 San Diego, CA @ Soma w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Mon 8/11 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Tue 8/12 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Thu 8/14 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Fri 8/15 Carboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Sat 8/16 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Sun 8/17 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theater w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Mon 8/18 NYC @ Terminal 5 w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Fri 8/22 Trondheim, Norway Pstereo Festival
Mon 8/25 Beirut, Lebanon The Big Bang
And here is their story... Nate Smith (Drums) and Pete Cafarella (Vox/Keytar) met at Wesleyan University in the mid-90’s where Nate had invited Pete to join his band. Although Pete was kicked out a few days later the two formed a fast friendship that would eventually lead to the formation of Shy Child once they both had relocated to NYC.
Initially the band was pursued when time permitted between their various projects. They recorded their 2004 album, “One With the Sun” with small expectations and an even smaller budget, recording it in Pete’s apartment to a computer with Chris Zane for the price of pizza and beer. It would prove to be just enough…
The band caught the attention of producer Paul Epworth (Kate Nash/Bloc Party/The Rapture) and soon they were in the studio working on new material along with the band’s previous producer, Chris Zane (Les Savy Fav/White Rabbits/Asobi Seksu). The resulting album, “Noise Won’t Stop” bristles with frantic energy and blistering tones leading with the first track “Drop The Phone” and featuring the U.S. debut sonic single, “Astronaut”. And producer/artist extraordinaire SpankRock, lends a his rapping/vocals to the slickest album track “Kick Drum.”
After a US tour with Hot Chip in November of 2006, the band took the plunge and lived as ex-pats in London for the next 8 months. The time abroad began with a full UK tour in support of their old pals Klaxons culminating in 2 sold out dates at Shepard’s Bush Empire in London. And that was just the beginning; over the course of the summer they traversed the Emerald Isle four times and played numerous shows and festivals throughout Europe. The highlights included sets at 02 Wireless, Glastonbury, The Isle of Wight, and an opening slot at Wembley Stadium with Muse. When all was finished the dynamic duo had logged over 100 dates.
In June of 2007 in the UK they appeared on the venerable program, Later With Jools Holland. On the bill with them that night were Sir Paul McCartney and Bjork, which made for some mighty company indeed. Impressed with their unique sound fashion maven Stella McCartney requested the band to be the performers for her segment in the Fashion Rocks TV special that was broadcasted throughout Europe to over 60 million viewers. And a few months later in January 08, while performing as part of Australia’s legendary Big Day Out Festival, they were asked by Bjork to open for her at the Opera House in Sydney.
Now “Noise Won’t Stop” has found it’s home on the esteemed Kill Rock Stars Label and Shy Child are spending 2008 touring the U.S. Be on the look out for this transcendent two-some.
US TOUR
Tue 7/29 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater w/ The Faint
Wed 7/30 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue w/ The Faint
Thu 7/31 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House w/ The Faint
Fri 8/1 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/ The Faint
Sun 8/3 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Mon 8/4 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Tue 8/5 San Francisco, CA @ Grand Ballroom - Regency w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Thu 8/7 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Fri 8/8 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Sat 8/9 San Diego, CA @ Soma w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Mon 8/11 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Tue 8/12 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Thu 8/14 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Fri 8/15 Carboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Sat 8/16 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Sun 8/17 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theater w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Mon 8/18 NYC @ Terminal 5 w/ The Faint, Jaguar Love
Fri 8/22 Trondheim, Norway Pstereo Festival
Mon 8/25 Beirut, Lebanon The Big Bang
Lady Jazz in the Key of Grand set for Aug. 31 at the Ford
WHO: The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre and Instrumental Women, La Quetta M. Shamblee, Founder and Executive Director; Phyllis Battle, Artistic Director and Co-Music Director; and Carol Chaikin, Co-Musical Director, present The Ninth Annual Lady Jazz Concert, “LADY JAZZ IN THE KEY OF GRAND.”
WHAT: This year’s honoree, pianist Karen Hernandez, weaves Latin and Blues riffs throughout the evening’s jazz repertoire. A Hammond B-3 Organ provides the genre’s rich, Gospel undertones delivered by vocalist and keyboardist, La Carol Miles.
Featured jazz harpist and pianist, Corky Hale, takes the stage for this all-female annual showcase of master jazz musicians, which will also include bassist, Nedra Wheeler, saxophonist Carol Chaikin, drummer Maria Martinez, percussionist Estaire Godinez, trumpeter Anne King, trombonist Alisha Marie Ard and Members of the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra.
Co-Hosts for the event are Jane Monreal of ABC7 and James Janisse, Los Angeles’s Gentleman of Jazz. Event Sponsors include: ABC7, KPFK-FM, Mountain View-Observer, Carnivo Liqueur, Armory Center for the Arts, L.A. Watts Times, UCLA in LA and THE Magazine.
The Song List will include: “Sister Sadie,” “Oh Happy Day,” “Life’s Too Short,” “Cherokee,” “Green Tomatoes,” “Riverside Drive,” “Over The Rainbow” and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” among others. The event will be preceded by a limited Art Exhibit of select works created by Huichol Indian artists who live in the mountainous region of western, central Mexico. The exhibit, on the Ford Plaza, will open at 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East, Hollywood, CA 90068, just off of the 101 Hollywood Freeway across from the Hollywood Bowl and south of Universal Studios. Grounds open two hours before show time for picnicking.
WHEN: Saturday, August 31, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
HOW: Tickets are $35 and $25 each for General Admission. Children 12 and under are $12 each. To buy tickets call the Box Office at 323 GO 1-FORD (323-461-3673) or buy online at www.fordtheatres.org
Groups of 8 – 15 save 10% on the regular ticket price; Groups of 16 or more save 20%. For Group Sales please call 323-769-2147.
For further information about Instrumental Womenâ, please visit www.instrumentalwomen.com
The Ford Amphitheatre grounds open two hours before show time for picnicking. The Ford offers a number of dining options: a variety of food and beverages is available on site and box dinners for evening events may be ordered in advance. Patrons are welcome to bring their own food and drink.
The Ford is disabled accessible. Portable wireless listening devices are available upon request.
On-site stacked parking costs $5 per vehicle for evening shows and FREE non-stacked parking serviced by a FREE shuttle to the Ford, is available at the Universal City Metro Station lot at Lankershim Boulevard and Campo de Cahuenga. The shuttle, which cycles every 15-20 minutes, stops in the “kiss and ride” area.
WHAT: This year’s honoree, pianist Karen Hernandez, weaves Latin and Blues riffs throughout the evening’s jazz repertoire. A Hammond B-3 Organ provides the genre’s rich, Gospel undertones delivered by vocalist and keyboardist, La Carol Miles.
Featured jazz harpist and pianist, Corky Hale, takes the stage for this all-female annual showcase of master jazz musicians, which will also include bassist, Nedra Wheeler, saxophonist Carol Chaikin, drummer Maria Martinez, percussionist Estaire Godinez, trumpeter Anne King, trombonist Alisha Marie Ard and Members of the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra.
Co-Hosts for the event are Jane Monreal of ABC7 and James Janisse, Los Angeles’s Gentleman of Jazz. Event Sponsors include: ABC7, KPFK-FM, Mountain View-Observer, Carnivo Liqueur, Armory Center for the Arts, L.A. Watts Times, UCLA in LA and THE Magazine.
The Song List will include: “Sister Sadie,” “Oh Happy Day,” “Life’s Too Short,” “Cherokee,” “Green Tomatoes,” “Riverside Drive,” “Over The Rainbow” and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” among others. The event will be preceded by a limited Art Exhibit of select works created by Huichol Indian artists who live in the mountainous region of western, central Mexico. The exhibit, on the Ford Plaza, will open at 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East, Hollywood, CA 90068, just off of the 101 Hollywood Freeway across from the Hollywood Bowl and south of Universal Studios. Grounds open two hours before show time for picnicking.
WHEN: Saturday, August 31, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
HOW: Tickets are $35 and $25 each for General Admission. Children 12 and under are $12 each. To buy tickets call the Box Office at 323 GO 1-FORD (323-461-3673) or buy online at www.fordtheatres.org
Groups of 8 – 15 save 10% on the regular ticket price; Groups of 16 or more save 20%. For Group Sales please call 323-769-2147.
For further information about Instrumental Womenâ, please visit www.instrumentalwomen.com
The Ford Amphitheatre grounds open two hours before show time for picnicking. The Ford offers a number of dining options: a variety of food and beverages is available on site and box dinners for evening events may be ordered in advance. Patrons are welcome to bring their own food and drink.
The Ford is disabled accessible. Portable wireless listening devices are available upon request.
On-site stacked parking costs $5 per vehicle for evening shows and FREE non-stacked parking serviced by a FREE shuttle to the Ford, is available at the Universal City Metro Station lot at Lankershim Boulevard and Campo de Cahuenga. The shuttle, which cycles every 15-20 minutes, stops in the “kiss and ride” area.
Hit The Lights is hitting the road
Hit The Lights:
Skip School, Start Fights (Triple Crown, July 8th) debuted at #97 on Billboard's Top 200. It's the follow up to 2006's buzzworthy This Is A Stickup...Don't Make It A Murder which put Hit The Lights on the map and saw them tour with New Found Glory, Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For, Cartel and Boys Like Girls. Skip School, Start Fights was produced by Rob Freeman (Hidden In Plain View) at Pilot Studios in New Jersey and mixed by Zach Odom and Kenneth Mount (Mayday Parade, All Time Low, Cartel).
The first Hit The Lights single is "Stay Out" and you watch the "Making Of The Video" Parts 1 & 2 on Triple Crown Records in the TCR-TV section here: http://www.triplecrownrecords.com - Hit The Lights will be on the road all summer first on a Headlining Run and then with Motion City Soundtrack/Chiodos and then a big fall tour with Cobra Starship/Forever The Sickest Kids.
Confirmed HTL Dates:
Headlining:
8/10/08 Plano, TX The Plano Centre
8/16/08 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot
8/17/08 Toledo, OH Frankies
8/18/08 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
8/20/08 Tinley Park, IL Mojoes Rock House
8/21/08 Columbus, OH The Basement
8/22/08 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
8/23/08 Sterling, VA Sterling Comm. Center
8/24/08 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
8/26/08 Rochester, NY Water St. Music Hall
8/27/08 Buffalo, NY Club Infinity
8/28/08 State College, PA Sozo
8/29/08 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft
8/30/08 Easton, MA Quad @ Stonehill College
8/31/08 Farmingdale, NY Nutty Irishman
9/2/08 Greensboro, NC Green St.
9/3/08 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
9/6/08 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
w/Motion City Soundtrack & Chiodos
9/22/08 Louisville, KY Club Oasis
9/23/08 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
9/25/08 Johnson City, NY Magic City Music Hall
9/26/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
9/27/08 Providence, RI Lupo's
9/28/08 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
9/30/08 Richmond, VA The National
10/1/08 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
10/2/08 Nashville, TN Rocketown
w/Cobra Starship, Forever The Sickest Kids
10/7/08 Buffalo, NY Club Infinity
10/8/08 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
10/9/08 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
10/10/08 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
10/11/08 New York, NY Nokia Theatre
10/12/08 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
10/14/08 Detroit, MI The Majestic
10/18/08 Sauget, IL Pop's
10/19/08 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
10/20/08 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
10/21/08 Salt Lake City, UT Avalon Theater
10/23/08 Vancouver, BC Crotation Cultural Center
10/31/08 Las Vegas, NV Jillians of Las Vegas
11/4/08 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
11/5/08 El Paso, TX Club 101
11/6/08 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
11/7/08 Dallas, TX House of Blues
11/8/08 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
11/9/08 Houston, TX House of Blues
11/11/08 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
11/12/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
11/13/08 Orlando, FL House of Blues
11/14/08 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
11/15/08 Charleston, SC The Music Farm
11/16/08 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
11/18/08 Richmond, VA The National
11/19/08 Baltimore, MD Sonar
11/20/08 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
11/21/08 Cheswick, PA Gravity
11/23/08 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
11/25/08 Toronto, ON Opera House Concert Venue
11/26/08 Montreal, QU Club Soda
11/28/08 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
11/29/08 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
11/30/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
MySpace: www.myspace.com/hitthelights
Skip School, Start Fights (Triple Crown, July 8th) debuted at #97 on Billboard's Top 200. It's the follow up to 2006's buzzworthy This Is A Stickup...Don't Make It A Murder which put Hit The Lights on the map and saw them tour with New Found Glory, Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For, Cartel and Boys Like Girls. Skip School, Start Fights was produced by Rob Freeman (Hidden In Plain View) at Pilot Studios in New Jersey and mixed by Zach Odom and Kenneth Mount (Mayday Parade, All Time Low, Cartel).
The first Hit The Lights single is "Stay Out" and you watch the "Making Of The Video" Parts 1 & 2 on Triple Crown Records in the TCR-TV section here: http://www.triplecrownrecords.com - Hit The Lights will be on the road all summer first on a Headlining Run and then with Motion City Soundtrack/Chiodos and then a big fall tour with Cobra Starship/Forever The Sickest Kids.
Confirmed HTL Dates:
Headlining:
8/10/08 Plano, TX The Plano Centre
8/16/08 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot
8/17/08 Toledo, OH Frankies
8/18/08 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
8/20/08 Tinley Park, IL Mojoes Rock House
8/21/08 Columbus, OH The Basement
8/22/08 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
8/23/08 Sterling, VA Sterling Comm. Center
8/24/08 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
8/26/08 Rochester, NY Water St. Music Hall
8/27/08 Buffalo, NY Club Infinity
8/28/08 State College, PA Sozo
8/29/08 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft
8/30/08 Easton, MA Quad @ Stonehill College
8/31/08 Farmingdale, NY Nutty Irishman
9/2/08 Greensboro, NC Green St.
9/3/08 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
9/6/08 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
w/Motion City Soundtrack & Chiodos
9/22/08 Louisville, KY Club Oasis
9/23/08 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
9/25/08 Johnson City, NY Magic City Music Hall
9/26/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
9/27/08 Providence, RI Lupo's
9/28/08 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
9/30/08 Richmond, VA The National
10/1/08 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
10/2/08 Nashville, TN Rocketown
w/Cobra Starship, Forever The Sickest Kids
10/7/08 Buffalo, NY Club Infinity
10/8/08 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
10/9/08 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
10/10/08 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
10/11/08 New York, NY Nokia Theatre
10/12/08 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
10/14/08 Detroit, MI The Majestic
10/18/08 Sauget, IL Pop's
10/19/08 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
10/20/08 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
10/21/08 Salt Lake City, UT Avalon Theater
10/23/08 Vancouver, BC Crotation Cultural Center
10/31/08 Las Vegas, NV Jillians of Las Vegas
11/4/08 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
11/5/08 El Paso, TX Club 101
11/6/08 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
11/7/08 Dallas, TX House of Blues
11/8/08 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
11/9/08 Houston, TX House of Blues
11/11/08 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
11/12/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
11/13/08 Orlando, FL House of Blues
11/14/08 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
11/15/08 Charleston, SC The Music Farm
11/16/08 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
11/18/08 Richmond, VA The National
11/19/08 Baltimore, MD Sonar
11/20/08 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
11/21/08 Cheswick, PA Gravity
11/23/08 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
11/25/08 Toronto, ON Opera House Concert Venue
11/26/08 Montreal, QU Club Soda
11/28/08 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
11/29/08 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
11/30/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
MySpace: www.myspace.com/hitthelights
Shanghai Restoration Project to perform in L.A. and NYC
The artist/producer known as the SHANGHAI RESTORATION PROJECT is gearing up to showcase new music off his impending release, Instrumentals Day And Night, in Los Angeles (August 5) and New York (August 13).
An experiment in cross-cultural soundscapes, the SHANGHAI RESTORATION PROJECT draws its creative inspiration from the old 1930s Shanghai jazz bands, reviving this exotic blend by introducing Eastern instruments to the Western sounds of hip-hop and electronica. Not only is the music an extraordinary combination of styles, but it is also widely used in many international advertising and marketing campaigns, such as Kenzo Parfums, a division of Louis Vuitton, an iPod promotion in Japan, a Rhapsody/Tivo Campaign and Sandisk Sansa MP3 Players.
The showcase experience will be enhanced by classic and modern video footage of Shanghai, bringing China a whole lot closer to those living miles away. Be sure to catch the SHANGHAI RESTORATION PROJECT and surprise guest artists on the following dates:
LOS ANGELES
Tuesday, August 5th @
THE VIPER ROOM
7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00PM)
8852 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
NEW YORK
Wednesday, August 13th @
THE CANAL ROOM
8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30PM)
285 W. Broadway
New York, NY 10013
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Both shows are 21 and over.
The SHANGHAI RESTORATION PROJECT is signed to Warner Music’s Independent Label Group and the upcoming double disc album entitled Instrumentals Day And Night will be available worldwide on August 5, 2008.
For more information visit www.shanghairestorationproject.com.
An experiment in cross-cultural soundscapes, the SHANGHAI RESTORATION PROJECT draws its creative inspiration from the old 1930s Shanghai jazz bands, reviving this exotic blend by introducing Eastern instruments to the Western sounds of hip-hop and electronica. Not only is the music an extraordinary combination of styles, but it is also widely used in many international advertising and marketing campaigns, such as Kenzo Parfums, a division of Louis Vuitton, an iPod promotion in Japan, a Rhapsody/Tivo Campaign and Sandisk Sansa MP3 Players.
The showcase experience will be enhanced by classic and modern video footage of Shanghai, bringing China a whole lot closer to those living miles away. Be sure to catch the SHANGHAI RESTORATION PROJECT and surprise guest artists on the following dates:
LOS ANGELES
Tuesday, August 5th @
THE VIPER ROOM
7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00PM)
8852 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
NEW YORK
Wednesday, August 13th @
THE CANAL ROOM
8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30PM)
285 W. Broadway
New York, NY 10013
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Both shows are 21 and over.
The SHANGHAI RESTORATION PROJECT is signed to Warner Music’s Independent Label Group and the upcoming double disc album entitled Instrumentals Day And Night will be available worldwide on August 5, 2008.
For more information visit www.shanghairestorationproject.com.
Zagat seeking comments on New York City shopping
Calling all shop-a-holics! Zagat Survey is now conducting its online survey of New York City Shopping. Avid spenders are encouraged to vote at ZAGAT.com to share their thoughts and opinions about shopping in the Big Apple.
Surveyors are asked to rate and review stores based on their Quality, Display, Service and estimated Cost. Those who cast their votes and complete the survey from now until September 14, 2008 will receive a complimentary copy of Zagat's 2009 New York City Shopping guide when it is published.
Surveying is simple and free. After logging onto ZAGAT.com, surveyors can submit feedback at their convenience, save reviews to complete at their leisure and even revise votes if opinions change. Zagat's current surveys can be found at: http://www.zagat.com/Review/FeaturedSurveys.aspx
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Extreme is back with a new studio album and tour
This summer, EXTREME will release Saudades de Rock (pronounced “sow-dodge”), their first studio album in thirteen years which will coincide with their first world tour in over twelve years. Saudades de Rock will be released on August 12th on Open E Records and distributed by Fontana.
The multi-platinum, Boston-bred band's 2008 'TAKE US ALIVE' world tour gets underway on July 29th at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and will be anchored by a hometown gig two days later at the Bank of America Pavilion. In advance of the tour, Extreme will be a co-headliner on July 11th at the five day Rocklahoma Festival in Pryor, OK. See all current dates below.
The iconic rock foursome - vocalist Gary Cherone, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, bassist Pat Badger and new drummer Kevin Figueiredo – recorded their fifth studio offering at NRG Studios in Los Angeles with Bettencourt at the helm as producer and mixer. Saudades de Rock boasts 13 tracks, including the infectious roar of "Star," the groove-laden, swagger of "King Of The Ladies", a raw funk rock anthem called "Learn To Love", and the expressive ballad "Ghost.”
“’Saudades’ was always a beautiful word to me,” Bettencourt explains about the Portuguese album moniker. “It expresses a longing; an underlying sadness for something or someone that’s been missing in your life, and never quite sure if it will ever return. In this case, for us, it’s Rock and Roll. Saudades de Rock.”
Gary Cherone adds, “I like how it expresses that longing we’ve been feeling to play for our fans and be together again.”
www.extreme-band.com
www.myspace.com/extreme
EXTREME ‘TAKE US ALIVE’ WORLD TOUR 2008:
Jul 11 – Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma *
Jul 29 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
Jul 31 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
Aug 1 – Farmingdale, NY @ Brookhaven Amphitheatre
Aug 2 – Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head
Aug 4 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Aug 5 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
Aug 6 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Aug 8 – Detroit, MI @ Emerald Theater
Aug 9 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Aug 10 – Cincinnati, OH @ Union Center Blvd Bash
Aug 12 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend
Aug 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Aug 15 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
Aug 16 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Aug 18 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Aug 19 – Houston, TX @ Meridien
Aug 20 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Aug 22 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Marquee
Aug 23 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Aug 25 – San Francisco, CA @ Filmore
Aug 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Sep 13 – Milan, Italy @ Rock of Ages Festival
More dates to be added.
To date, the Grammy-nominated EXTREME has released four albums, plus a greatest hits set—selling over 10 million records worldwide. On the strength of multiple world tours, they also achieved a #1 hit single, “More Than Words”—from their 1990 multi-platinum album Extreme II: Pornograffitti—on the Billboard Hot 100, which they followed with the Top Five “Hole Hearted.” Although these two acoustic hits brought the band great mainstream success, it overshadowed the band’s trademark sound: a mix of hard rock funk in the spirit and style of their predecessors Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Queen and Van Halen—fueled by BETTENCOURT’s signature guitar flights and CHERONE’s resonant vocals—and matched with a social consciousness in their lyrics.
OPEN E RECORDS is a new label that is distributed by Fontana. A portion of Open E Records profits will be donated to Music Drives Us, a foundation created as a way to support music in New England. The Foundation also gives scholarship money for individuals who desire to continue their musical education. www.musicdrivesus.com.
The multi-platinum, Boston-bred band's 2008 'TAKE US ALIVE' world tour gets underway on July 29th at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and will be anchored by a hometown gig two days later at the Bank of America Pavilion. In advance of the tour, Extreme will be a co-headliner on July 11th at the five day Rocklahoma Festival in Pryor, OK. See all current dates below.
The iconic rock foursome - vocalist Gary Cherone, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, bassist Pat Badger and new drummer Kevin Figueiredo – recorded their fifth studio offering at NRG Studios in Los Angeles with Bettencourt at the helm as producer and mixer. Saudades de Rock boasts 13 tracks, including the infectious roar of "Star," the groove-laden, swagger of "King Of The Ladies", a raw funk rock anthem called "Learn To Love", and the expressive ballad "Ghost.”
“’Saudades’ was always a beautiful word to me,” Bettencourt explains about the Portuguese album moniker. “It expresses a longing; an underlying sadness for something or someone that’s been missing in your life, and never quite sure if it will ever return. In this case, for us, it’s Rock and Roll. Saudades de Rock.”
Gary Cherone adds, “I like how it expresses that longing we’ve been feeling to play for our fans and be together again.”
www.extreme-band.com
www.myspace.com/extreme
EXTREME ‘TAKE US ALIVE’ WORLD TOUR 2008:
Jul 11 – Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma *
Jul 29 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
Jul 31 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
Aug 1 – Farmingdale, NY @ Brookhaven Amphitheatre
Aug 2 – Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head
Aug 4 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Aug 5 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
Aug 6 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Aug 8 – Detroit, MI @ Emerald Theater
Aug 9 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Aug 10 – Cincinnati, OH @ Union Center Blvd Bash
Aug 12 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend
Aug 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Aug 15 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
Aug 16 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Aug 18 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Aug 19 – Houston, TX @ Meridien
Aug 20 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Aug 22 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Marquee
Aug 23 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Aug 25 – San Francisco, CA @ Filmore
Aug 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Sep 13 – Milan, Italy @ Rock of Ages Festival
More dates to be added.
To date, the Grammy-nominated EXTREME has released four albums, plus a greatest hits set—selling over 10 million records worldwide. On the strength of multiple world tours, they also achieved a #1 hit single, “More Than Words”—from their 1990 multi-platinum album Extreme II: Pornograffitti—on the Billboard Hot 100, which they followed with the Top Five “Hole Hearted.” Although these two acoustic hits brought the band great mainstream success, it overshadowed the band’s trademark sound: a mix of hard rock funk in the spirit and style of their predecessors Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Queen and Van Halen—fueled by BETTENCOURT’s signature guitar flights and CHERONE’s resonant vocals—and matched with a social consciousness in their lyrics.
OPEN E RECORDS is a new label that is distributed by Fontana. A portion of Open E Records profits will be donated to Music Drives Us, a foundation created as a way to support music in New England. The Foundation also gives scholarship money for individuals who desire to continue their musical education. www.musicdrivesus.com.
Hatebreed to tour in support of live DVD
To celebrate the release of their first-ever DVD, metal hardcore pioneers Hatebreed will hit the road in support of their first ever live DVD, Live Dominance (KOCH Records). This highly-anticipated DVD will be released on the same day as the first headlining date of this tour – Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008. Tickets are on sale NOW. Joining Hatebreed will be fellow heavy hitters Emmure, Soilent Green, War of Ages, and Catalepsy.
For this special release, Hatebreed will be doing something it’s never done before by taking time out to autograph each and every copy sold of the new DVD at each of these shows. The Live Dominance DVD will be available for sale at the band’s merch table each night. Additional details will be made available soon on how the autograph signings will take place.
Jamey Jasta comments “We’re excited we managed to get these dates scheduled so we can celebrate the release of our first ever live DVD by playing an extra long set for all of our diehards! This tour will hit a bunch of cities we weren't able to hit on the Jager run so be ready to rage!!! We also plan on doing some special signings so stay tuned for more info. These will be our last shows until Stillborn Fest 08, so don’t miss out!”
Live Dominance is set to include over 2 hours of live footage including the full sold-out Detroit, Harpo’s show shot in March of this year on the band’s Supremacy tour. The multi-camera concert was filmed entirely in Hi-Definition. The DVD will also include a ton of bonus features shot specifically for the release including brand-new band interviews, bonus live videos, fan testimonials, and much much more.
Live Dominance was Directed/Edited by Toaster In A Tub’s Kevin Custer with musical production/mixing coming from Grammy Award winner, Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God).
For more info, please visit www.myspace.com/hatebreed.
Hatebreed on The Live Dominance Tour:
9/2 – Detroit, MI – I-Rock Nightclub
9/3 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Down Under
9/4 – Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
9/5 – Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
9/6 – Virginia Beach, VA – Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater (WFNOR’s Lunatic Luau w/ Sevendust, RATT, and more)
9/7 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
9/8 – West Springfield, VA – Jaxx
9/9 – Farmingdale, NY – The Crazy Donkey
9/10 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
9/11 – Portland, ME – The Asylum
9/12 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
9/13 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
9/14 – State College, PA – Lulu’s
For this special release, Hatebreed will be doing something it’s never done before by taking time out to autograph each and every copy sold of the new DVD at each of these shows. The Live Dominance DVD will be available for sale at the band’s merch table each night. Additional details will be made available soon on how the autograph signings will take place.
Jamey Jasta comments “We’re excited we managed to get these dates scheduled so we can celebrate the release of our first ever live DVD by playing an extra long set for all of our diehards! This tour will hit a bunch of cities we weren't able to hit on the Jager run so be ready to rage!!! We also plan on doing some special signings so stay tuned for more info. These will be our last shows until Stillborn Fest 08, so don’t miss out!”
Live Dominance is set to include over 2 hours of live footage including the full sold-out Detroit, Harpo’s show shot in March of this year on the band’s Supremacy tour. The multi-camera concert was filmed entirely in Hi-Definition. The DVD will also include a ton of bonus features shot specifically for the release including brand-new band interviews, bonus live videos, fan testimonials, and much much more.
Live Dominance was Directed/Edited by Toaster In A Tub’s Kevin Custer with musical production/mixing coming from Grammy Award winner, Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God).
For more info, please visit www.myspace.com/hatebreed.
Hatebreed on The Live Dominance Tour:
9/2 – Detroit, MI – I-Rock Nightclub
9/3 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Down Under
9/4 – Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
9/5 – Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
9/6 – Virginia Beach, VA – Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater (WFNOR’s Lunatic Luau w/ Sevendust, RATT, and more)
9/7 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
9/8 – West Springfield, VA – Jaxx
9/9 – Farmingdale, NY – The Crazy Donkey
9/10 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
9/11 – Portland, ME – The Asylum
9/12 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
9/13 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
9/14 – State College, PA – Lulu’s
Dwight Yoakam awarded gold record during performance
Dwight Yoakam was surprised with a presentation of his gold record for “The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam” Sunday night by Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau during his performance at Go Country 105’s “Summer Under The Stars” held at The Greek Theatre. Councilman Dennis Zine from the City of Los Angeles also presented Yoakam with a special proclamation.
Preparing to return to the stage to perform his encore, after a crowd pleasing set that lasted over an hour and a half, Yoakam was surprised by a special presentation that started off with Councilman Dennis Zine presenting with a proclamation making July 27, 2008 Dwight Yoakam Day in the City of Los Angeles. Vaughn and Favreau then joined Yoakam on stage presenting him with the gold record for “The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam,” released by Warner Bros./Rhino Records.
Since the release of his debut album, Dwight Yoakam has gone on to sell more than 25 million albums worldwide, has been nominated for a staggering 21 Grammys, winning two Grammy Awards and was bestowed the honor of “International Artist Achievement Award” by the Country Music Association in 2007.
Dwight is also concentrating on his successful acting career. He has completed the broad comedy role of Pastor Phil for the forthcoming Lionsgate release “Four Christmases” in which he co-stars with Vince Vaughan and Reese Witherspoon. This will be major holiday release in November. Dwight will be reprieving his role as Doc Miles in the forthcoming sequel to Crank called “Crank: High Voltage” in which he co-stars with Jason Statham and Amy Smart.
Yoakam recently re-launched his website (www.dwightyoakam.com) with the debut of The Route 23 Club (www.route23club.com), a new fan club site offering exclusive access to Yoakam content – including news, pictures, video, audio, desktop wallpapers, buddy icons and special "behind the scenes" footage. The site’s "Interact" section includes a members-only discussion board, where fans can communicate with each other, members of Yoakam's management team, and even Yoakam himself. Additionally, the club features exclusive monthly contests with prizes including signed merchandise, tour meet & greets with Yoakam and concert tickets.
Yoakam has also launched a new MySpace page (www.myspace.com/dwightyoakam) and Facebook page.
For more information on Dwight Yoakam, including message boards, tour dates and more, please visit www.dwightyoakam.com.
Preparing to return to the stage to perform his encore, after a crowd pleasing set that lasted over an hour and a half, Yoakam was surprised by a special presentation that started off with Councilman Dennis Zine presenting with a proclamation making July 27, 2008 Dwight Yoakam Day in the City of Los Angeles. Vaughn and Favreau then joined Yoakam on stage presenting him with the gold record for “The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam,” released by Warner Bros./Rhino Records.
Since the release of his debut album, Dwight Yoakam has gone on to sell more than 25 million albums worldwide, has been nominated for a staggering 21 Grammys, winning two Grammy Awards and was bestowed the honor of “International Artist Achievement Award” by the Country Music Association in 2007.
Dwight is also concentrating on his successful acting career. He has completed the broad comedy role of Pastor Phil for the forthcoming Lionsgate release “Four Christmases” in which he co-stars with Vince Vaughan and Reese Witherspoon. This will be major holiday release in November. Dwight will be reprieving his role as Doc Miles in the forthcoming sequel to Crank called “Crank: High Voltage” in which he co-stars with Jason Statham and Amy Smart.
Yoakam recently re-launched his website (www.dwightyoakam.com) with the debut of The Route 23 Club (www.route23club.com), a new fan club site offering exclusive access to Yoakam content – including news, pictures, video, audio, desktop wallpapers, buddy icons and special "behind the scenes" footage. The site’s "Interact" section includes a members-only discussion board, where fans can communicate with each other, members of Yoakam's management team, and even Yoakam himself. Additionally, the club features exclusive monthly contests with prizes including signed merchandise, tour meet & greets with Yoakam and concert tickets.
Yoakam has also launched a new MySpace page (www.myspace.com/dwightyoakam) and Facebook page.
For more information on Dwight Yoakam, including message boards, tour dates and more, please visit www.dwightyoakam.com.
Walls of Jericho's latest is here and they're touring too
WALLS OF JERICHO release The American Dream on Trustkill Records, produced by Ben Schigel (Chimaira/Ringworm), featuring 12 solid tracks of metallic venom and concrete fury of hardcore/punk that the band is known for hits the street today.
“We put all that we have into this new record, and trust me; it is extremely heavy. Right now we’re calling it a ‘thrash metal delicacy” says Candace
Candace Kucsulain -vox, Dustin Schoenhofer - drums, Aaron Ruby – bass, Mike Hasty – guitar and Chris Rawson – guitar, have also perfected their hard hitting live set currently playing to sold out crowds on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival with the likes of Slipknot, Mastodon, and Dragonforce to name a few although Walls of Jericho is the only band to bring any estrogen to the tour…
"Walls Of Jericho destroyed the stage, own the mosh pit. The vocalist took away the all power of singers, and that power was ruled by the only female on the tour! Candace, of Walls Of Jericho. She is the real Mayhem!"
--Al Harbison CEO Screachen Publications July 2008
"I hold my own, I just look better in a dress."
States Walls of Jericho frontwoman Candace Kucsulain
Most bands today can be lumped into one category or another, they are shuffled, redefined, and in that way they begin to lose the qualities that make them important or meaningful. The greatest bands, the most influential and memorable, are the ones who don't try to fill the role set for them, who don't pursue anything other than the desire to make music, and the need to express their art. From the start, Walls of Jericho has had this aesthetic in mind.
“ferocious and energetic”
MetroMix Detroit July 2008
See them live:
Mayhem Festival:
July 29, 2008 Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
July 30, 2008 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 1, 2008 Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 2, 2008 Burgettstown, PA @ Post-gazette Pavilion At Star Lake
August 3, 2008 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
August 4, 2008 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
August 5, 2008 Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
August 6, 2008 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
August 7, 2008 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
August 8, 2008 Toronto, CA @ Downsview Park
August 9, 2008 Clarkston, MI @ Dte Energy Music Theatre
August 10, 2008 Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Pavillion
August 11, 2008 Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants
August 12, 2008 Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 13, 2008 Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 14, 2008 Columbus, OH @ Al Rosa Villa
August 15, 2008 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
August 16, 2008 Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
August 17, 2008 Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion At Stone Ridge
August 18, 2008 Huntington, WV @ Monkey Bar
August 19, 2008 Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lakes Arts Center
August 20, 2008 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts
August 21, 2008 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank/Garden State Arts Center
http://www.trustkill.com/artist/Walls+Of+Jericho
http://www.myspace.com/wallsofjericho
“We put all that we have into this new record, and trust me; it is extremely heavy. Right now we’re calling it a ‘thrash metal delicacy” says Candace
Candace Kucsulain -vox, Dustin Schoenhofer - drums, Aaron Ruby – bass, Mike Hasty – guitar and Chris Rawson – guitar, have also perfected their hard hitting live set currently playing to sold out crowds on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival with the likes of Slipknot, Mastodon, and Dragonforce to name a few although Walls of Jericho is the only band to bring any estrogen to the tour…
"Walls Of Jericho destroyed the stage, own the mosh pit. The vocalist took away the all power of singers, and that power was ruled by the only female on the tour! Candace, of Walls Of Jericho. She is the real Mayhem!"
--Al Harbison CEO Screachen Publications July 2008
"I hold my own, I just look better in a dress."
States Walls of Jericho frontwoman Candace Kucsulain
Most bands today can be lumped into one category or another, they are shuffled, redefined, and in that way they begin to lose the qualities that make them important or meaningful. The greatest bands, the most influential and memorable, are the ones who don't try to fill the role set for them, who don't pursue anything other than the desire to make music, and the need to express their art. From the start, Walls of Jericho has had this aesthetic in mind.
“ferocious and energetic”
MetroMix Detroit July 2008
See them live:
Mayhem Festival:
July 29, 2008 Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
July 30, 2008 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 1, 2008 Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 2, 2008 Burgettstown, PA @ Post-gazette Pavilion At Star Lake
August 3, 2008 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
August 4, 2008 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
August 5, 2008 Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
August 6, 2008 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
August 7, 2008 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
August 8, 2008 Toronto, CA @ Downsview Park
August 9, 2008 Clarkston, MI @ Dte Energy Music Theatre
August 10, 2008 Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Pavillion
August 11, 2008 Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants
August 12, 2008 Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 13, 2008 Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 14, 2008 Columbus, OH @ Al Rosa Villa
August 15, 2008 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
August 16, 2008 Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
August 17, 2008 Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion At Stone Ridge
August 18, 2008 Huntington, WV @ Monkey Bar
August 19, 2008 Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lakes Arts Center
August 20, 2008 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts
August 21, 2008 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank/Garden State Arts Center
http://www.trustkill.com/artist/Walls+Of+Jericho
http://www.myspace.com/wallsofjericho
Upcoming Live Nation concerts around Southern California
On Sale Friday August 1 at 1 PM:
ING Presents Juntos en Concierto
MARC ANTHONY
ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Saturday – September 13
--------------------------------
On Sale Friday, August 1st at 10 AM
THE FRATELLIS
With Special Guests:
Electric Touch & (TBA)
The Wiltern
September 16, 2008
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On Sale Now:
DEERHOOF
with guests Okay and The Happy Hollows
October 3rd
Avalon (Hollywood)
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ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET STRIP
On Sale NOW :
Robin Thicke - August 14
Golden State, The Daylights, Malbec, Side Story - August 21
Three 6 Mafia - September 3
Shinedown, Red, Jet Black Stare - September 4
A Special R&B Performance by Wayne Brady - September 15
Foreigner - October 24
On Sale Saturday, August 2 at 10 AM:
Sean Healy Presents: Hollywood Live - August 6
Rick Ortiz Presents: Industry Night - August 13
Carcass, Suffocation, 1349, Aborted, Rotten Sound - September 18
Dr. John & The Lower 911 - October 4
Unearth, Protest The Hero, The Acacia Strain, Gwen Stacy, White Chapel - October 14
Taj Mahal : Celebrating 40 Years With The Phantom Blues Band - October 23
Cobra Starship, Forever the Sickest Kids, Hit the Lights, Sing It Loud - October 30
Possessed - January 18, 2009
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ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM
On Sale NOW:
Royal Crown Revue - August 14
The Floacist - August 30
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers - August 31
Motorhead w/ Airbourne, Valient Thorr, Year Long Disaster - September 2
Living Legends - September 28
Foreigner - October 26
On Sale Saturday, August 2 at 10 AM:
Bullet for My Valentine - September 27
Estelle & Friends - September 4
Unwritten Law: Official Record Release Party - September 12
Jorge Celedon and Jimmy Zambrano - October 19
A Special R&B Performance by Wayne Brady - October 22
Cobra Starship w/ Forever the Sickest Kids, Hit the Lights, Sing It Loud - November 1
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On Sale Friday August 1 at 1 PM:
ING Presents Juntos en Concierto
MARC ANTHONY
ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Saturday – September 13
On Sale Friday, August 1st at 10 AM
THE FRATELLIS
With Special Guest:
Electric Touch
The Wiltern
September 16
On Sale Friday August 1st at 10 AM:
END.>VACUUMA Realization In Nine Movements Composed By
MICHAEL EINZIGER
Royce Hall (at UCLA)
Saturday, August 23rd
On Sale Now:
DEERHOOF
with guests Okay and The Happy Hollows
October 3rd
Avalon (Hollywood)
ING Presents Juntos en Concierto
MARC ANTHONY
ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Saturday – September 13
--------------------------------
On Sale Friday, August 1st at 10 AM
THE FRATELLIS
With Special Guests:
Electric Touch & (TBA)
The Wiltern
September 16, 2008
-------------------------------
On Sale Now:
DEERHOOF
with guests Okay and The Happy Hollows
October 3rd
Avalon (Hollywood)
------------------------------------
ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET STRIP
On Sale NOW :
Robin Thicke - August 14
Golden State, The Daylights, Malbec, Side Story - August 21
Three 6 Mafia - September 3
Shinedown, Red, Jet Black Stare - September 4
A Special R&B Performance by Wayne Brady - September 15
Foreigner - October 24
On Sale Saturday, August 2 at 10 AM:
Sean Healy Presents: Hollywood Live - August 6
Rick Ortiz Presents: Industry Night - August 13
Carcass, Suffocation, 1349, Aborted, Rotten Sound - September 18
Dr. John & The Lower 911 - October 4
Unearth, Protest The Hero, The Acacia Strain, Gwen Stacy, White Chapel - October 14
Taj Mahal : Celebrating 40 Years With The Phantom Blues Band - October 23
Cobra Starship, Forever the Sickest Kids, Hit the Lights, Sing It Loud - October 30
Possessed - January 18, 2009
=======================================================================
ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM
On Sale NOW:
Royal Crown Revue - August 14
The Floacist - August 30
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers - August 31
Motorhead w/ Airbourne, Valient Thorr, Year Long Disaster - September 2
Living Legends - September 28
Foreigner - October 26
On Sale Saturday, August 2 at 10 AM:
Bullet for My Valentine - September 27
Estelle & Friends - September 4
Unwritten Law: Official Record Release Party - September 12
Jorge Celedon and Jimmy Zambrano - October 19
A Special R&B Performance by Wayne Brady - October 22
Cobra Starship w/ Forever the Sickest Kids, Hit the Lights, Sing It Loud - November 1
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On Sale Friday August 1 at 1 PM:
ING Presents Juntos en Concierto
MARC ANTHONY
ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Saturday – September 13
On Sale Friday, August 1st at 10 AM
THE FRATELLIS
With Special Guest:
Electric Touch
The Wiltern
September 16
On Sale Friday August 1st at 10 AM:
END.>VACUUMA Realization In Nine Movements Composed By
MICHAEL EINZIGER
Royce Hall (at UCLA)
Saturday, August 23rd
On Sale Now:
DEERHOOF
with guests Okay and The Happy Hollows
October 3rd
Avalon (Hollywood)
One Block Radius hits the airwaves and readies album, along with fan contest
"You Got Me," this summer's hottest Rhythm/Top 40 crossover hit, by Mercury recording group One Block Radius, goes galactic today as Los Angeles powerhouse KIIS-FM's morning DJ Ryan Seacrest premieres the brand new video on the radio station's live streaming website http://ryan.kiisfm.com/main.html.
"It's always an event when KIIS FM World Premieres a song on the radio," said Julie Pilat, Assistant Program and Music Director at KIIS Los Angeles. " Our listeners have been requesting and voting for One Block Radius each night on JoJo's Top 9 at 9. I'm sure the fans getting to see the video first on KIISFM.COM will generate a huge buzz within the KIIS FM VIP Network. They can share it with friends and chat on line about the next big group to break out of our Cali Backyards."
The L.A.-based trio's self-titled new album ONE BLOCK RADIUS will be available September 2nd at all digital and physical outlets on Mercury Records.
In advance of the album release, the track "Stand Up" is now the subject of an Internet contest with WeMix titled "16 Bars with OBR." The winner's verse will appear on an iTunes exclusive bonus version of the song, and the winner will receive full credit and an iPod.
Wemix is the New York-based online music creation community and user-generated record label joint venture launched this year by MegaMobile TV and Disturbing Tha Peace CEO and DTP/Def Jam recording artist Ludacris, who will be a judge for the contest.
Details are available at http://www.wemix.com/clip.aspx?key=8515E956827BFBDE.
"You Got Me" kicking off with Hot 100 airplay audience of 6.2 million, and bullets inside the Top 40 this week on the R&R/BDS Rhythmic and closing in on Top 40 and Mediabase Rhythmic and Mainstream Top 40 charts. One Block Radius is currently on a major market radio promotion tour leading up to the September 2nd release homecoming in Los Angeles. In New York this week, OBR head out for a national U.S. promotional tour over the next four weeks.
One Block Radius – Chico, California native Marty James, hit songwriter who worked with producers JR Rotem and The Matrix, Indiana-born DJ MDA and San Francisco's MC Z-Man – rock a sound that effortlessly crosses genres. They are equally at home sampling the White Stripes (as on "Mama's Heart") as they are A Tribe Called Quest. Fans are discovering their MySpace website http://www.myspace.com/oneblockradius, which features excerpts of "You Got Me," plus "Stand Up," "Loud And Clear," "Mama's Heart," "Up in the Hills," and "Black Mercedes."
One Block Radius has described its sound as what would happen "if Steve Winwood, Hall & Oates, Earth, Wind and Fire and David Bowie listened to some Sublime, the Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest, got high and made an album on an SP-1200." It's a different sound – and that's just how OBR likes it!
For further information go to www.oneblockradiusmusic.com
"It's always an event when KIIS FM World Premieres a song on the radio," said Julie Pilat, Assistant Program and Music Director at KIIS Los Angeles. " Our listeners have been requesting and voting for One Block Radius each night on JoJo's Top 9 at 9. I'm sure the fans getting to see the video first on KIISFM.COM will generate a huge buzz within the KIIS FM VIP Network. They can share it with friends and chat on line about the next big group to break out of our Cali Backyards."
The L.A.-based trio's self-titled new album ONE BLOCK RADIUS will be available September 2nd at all digital and physical outlets on Mercury Records.
In advance of the album release, the track "Stand Up" is now the subject of an Internet contest with WeMix titled "16 Bars with OBR." The winner's verse will appear on an iTunes exclusive bonus version of the song, and the winner will receive full credit and an iPod.
Wemix is the New York-based online music creation community and user-generated record label joint venture launched this year by MegaMobile TV and Disturbing Tha Peace CEO and DTP/Def Jam recording artist Ludacris, who will be a judge for the contest.
Details are available at http://www.wemix.com/clip.aspx?key=8515E956827BFBDE.
"You Got Me" kicking off with Hot 100 airplay audience of 6.2 million, and bullets inside the Top 40 this week on the R&R/BDS Rhythmic and closing in on Top 40 and Mediabase Rhythmic and Mainstream Top 40 charts. One Block Radius is currently on a major market radio promotion tour leading up to the September 2nd release homecoming in Los Angeles. In New York this week, OBR head out for a national U.S. promotional tour over the next four weeks.
One Block Radius – Chico, California native Marty James, hit songwriter who worked with producers JR Rotem and The Matrix, Indiana-born DJ MDA and San Francisco's MC Z-Man – rock a sound that effortlessly crosses genres. They are equally at home sampling the White Stripes (as on "Mama's Heart") as they are A Tribe Called Quest. Fans are discovering their MySpace website http://www.myspace.com/oneblockradius, which features excerpts of "You Got Me," plus "Stand Up," "Loud And Clear," "Mama's Heart," "Up in the Hills," and "Black Mercedes."
One Block Radius has described its sound as what would happen "if Steve Winwood, Hall & Oates, Earth, Wind and Fire and David Bowie listened to some Sublime, the Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest, got high and made an album on an SP-1200." It's a different sound – and that's just how OBR likes it!
For further information go to www.oneblockradiusmusic.com
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
George Clinton to release new effort in October
GEORGE CLINTON, ringmaster of the longest running funk circus since James Brown’s golden age, had a dream – a dream of taking his favorite R&B, doo wop and slow jams to re-create the sexy-steamy vibe of an ol’ school “blue lights in da basement” session. So he sent out invites to his rainbow coalition of musical friends. Before long, rock icons Sly Stone, Carlos Santana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, soul crooner El DeBarge, hip hop producer The RZA, gospel star Kim Burrell, and Shavo from the alternative band System of a Down were ALL laying down grooves “on the 1!”
Members of the P-Funk All-Stars also came to the party, including Gary Shider, Belita Woods and others. The result: GEORGE CLINTON AND SOME GANGSTERS OF LOVE, a mash note to richly righteous and soulful courtship of days gone by, slated for release on Shanachie Records – October 7, 2008.
“I’ve been waiting for years to do this record,” George proclaims. “I knew that funk would come back. I knew that Motown would come back. And I knew, eventually, doo-wop would come back. I just felt I should be the one to usher it back in!”
Those who know George Clinton – the funk master who actually came up during the vocal group era – know that long before the funk mob known as Parliament-Funkadelic, he fronted a stand-up vocal group known simply as The Parliaments in 1955, which later morphed into a soul group of the same name that scored a minor hit in 1967 with “I Wanna Testify.”
At the core of George’s latter days funk there was always a lot of heart, so no one should be surprised by the top choice classics he hand-picked for his sacred detour back through music’s soul music’s tunnel of love.
Just a few of the songs near and dear to Grandpa Funk’s heart are the late, great Johnny Ace’s “Pledging My Love” from the `50s (the original of which was recorded shortly before the singer killed himself playing Russian Roulette), Motown master Marvin Gaye’s “Ain’t That Peculiar” from the `60s, and dearly departed Maestro of Love Barry White’s “Never, Never Gonna Give You Up” from the `70s. In addition to these decades-spanning gems, GEORGE CLINTON AND SOME GANGSTERS OF LOVE also features two original Clinton compositions: an early Parliaments tune entitled “Heart Trouble” as well as the brand new “Mathematics of Love.”
George Clinton has a way of not only crossing musical boundaries but also generational boundaries. As a result, the musicians on GEORGE CLINTON AND SOME GANGSTERS OF LOVE came of age in different eras and come from different worlds.
“I want to get all the young musicians together with all the old school musicians,” George notes. “We need to come together! There shouldn’t be any division in music. Soon as we got Sly and Santana, everyone wanted to get on the bandwagon.”
Some might question how the hip-hop generation relates to romantic old school R&B, but George isn’t one of them. “Rappers have been flirting with it all along, “he says. “Even Snoop Dogg is singing! They just call it R&B now. This is only one step back from what they are doing. The simplicity of it is the connection. Anything simple is funk.”
It’s all part of George’s program to re-insert more humanistic and musical values into the contemporary landscape of today’s pop-soul music. So - once again - do not attempt to adjust your radio. There is nothing wrong. George Clinton has taken control to bring you a special show – a reminder of finer and funkier things, most righteously dubbed GEORGE CLINTON AND SOME GANGSTERS OF LOVE.
Members of the P-Funk All-Stars also came to the party, including Gary Shider, Belita Woods and others. The result: GEORGE CLINTON AND SOME GANGSTERS OF LOVE, a mash note to richly righteous and soulful courtship of days gone by, slated for release on Shanachie Records – October 7, 2008.
“I’ve been waiting for years to do this record,” George proclaims. “I knew that funk would come back. I knew that Motown would come back. And I knew, eventually, doo-wop would come back. I just felt I should be the one to usher it back in!”
Those who know George Clinton – the funk master who actually came up during the vocal group era – know that long before the funk mob known as Parliament-Funkadelic, he fronted a stand-up vocal group known simply as The Parliaments in 1955, which later morphed into a soul group of the same name that scored a minor hit in 1967 with “I Wanna Testify.”
At the core of George’s latter days funk there was always a lot of heart, so no one should be surprised by the top choice classics he hand-picked for his sacred detour back through music’s soul music’s tunnel of love.
Just a few of the songs near and dear to Grandpa Funk’s heart are the late, great Johnny Ace’s “Pledging My Love” from the `50s (the original of which was recorded shortly before the singer killed himself playing Russian Roulette), Motown master Marvin Gaye’s “Ain’t That Peculiar” from the `60s, and dearly departed Maestro of Love Barry White’s “Never, Never Gonna Give You Up” from the `70s. In addition to these decades-spanning gems, GEORGE CLINTON AND SOME GANGSTERS OF LOVE also features two original Clinton compositions: an early Parliaments tune entitled “Heart Trouble” as well as the brand new “Mathematics of Love.”
George Clinton has a way of not only crossing musical boundaries but also generational boundaries. As a result, the musicians on GEORGE CLINTON AND SOME GANGSTERS OF LOVE came of age in different eras and come from different worlds.
“I want to get all the young musicians together with all the old school musicians,” George notes. “We need to come together! There shouldn’t be any division in music. Soon as we got Sly and Santana, everyone wanted to get on the bandwagon.”
Some might question how the hip-hop generation relates to romantic old school R&B, but George isn’t one of them. “Rappers have been flirting with it all along, “he says. “Even Snoop Dogg is singing! They just call it R&B now. This is only one step back from what they are doing. The simplicity of it is the connection. Anything simple is funk.”
It’s all part of George’s program to re-insert more humanistic and musical values into the contemporary landscape of today’s pop-soul music. So - once again - do not attempt to adjust your radio. There is nothing wrong. George Clinton has taken control to bring you a special show – a reminder of finer and funkier things, most righteously dubbed GEORGE CLINTON AND SOME GANGSTERS OF LOVE.
Upcoming concerts around California from Live Nation
On Sale Friday August 1st at 10 AM:
END.>VACUUMA Realization In Nine Movements Composed By
MICHAEL EINZIGER
Royce Hall (at UCLA)
Saturday, August 23rd
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On Sale Saturday, August 2nd at 10 AM
ALICE COOPER
With Special Guest
The Wiltern
September 4, 2008
END.>VACUUMA Realization In Nine Movements Composed By
MICHAEL EINZIGER
Royce Hall (at UCLA)
Saturday, August 23rd
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On Sale Saturday, August 2nd at 10 AM
ALICE COOPER
With Special Guest
The Wiltern
September 4, 2008
Lil Dap's latest effort out August 5
GROUP HOME'S LIL DAP UNVEILS "SON 4 REASON" FEAT. GURU (OF GANG STARR)--SOLO DEBUT "I.A.DAP"-- IN STORES AUGUST 5th
A founding member of legendary hip-hop crew Group Home, Lil Dap is a product of the renowned New York mid-nineties "golden age" of hip-hop that spawned such classic groups as M.O.P., Gang Starr & many more. Group Home's widely hailed release, "Living Proof," solidified Dap as a frontrunner of this renowned and respected era and has since seen him touring the world in preparation for his highly anticipated solo debut.
With "I.A.DAP" on deck for August 5th, Lil Dap graces fans with a preview of what's to come. The Brooklyn-born MC taps contemporary (and legendary) Guru (of Gang Starr) to guest on "Son 4 Reason." The eerie beat and airy aura permeate the track as Guru's golden tongue slices through the almost palpable musical backdrop. Complemented by Dap's distinctively cool lyrical stylings, "Son 4 Reason" is both a throwback to and a reinvigoration of the classic "golden age" sound that both defined and continues to influence an entire generation of emcees.
LISTEN TO "SON 4 REASON" FEAT. GURU NOW!
www.ihiphop.com/lildap
For more information please visit:
www.ihiphop.com/lildap
www.myspace.com/lildapgrouphome
www.babygrande.com
A founding member of legendary hip-hop crew Group Home, Lil Dap is a product of the renowned New York mid-nineties "golden age" of hip-hop that spawned such classic groups as M.O.P., Gang Starr & many more. Group Home's widely hailed release, "Living Proof," solidified Dap as a frontrunner of this renowned and respected era and has since seen him touring the world in preparation for his highly anticipated solo debut.
With "I.A.DAP" on deck for August 5th, Lil Dap graces fans with a preview of what's to come. The Brooklyn-born MC taps contemporary (and legendary) Guru (of Gang Starr) to guest on "Son 4 Reason." The eerie beat and airy aura permeate the track as Guru's golden tongue slices through the almost palpable musical backdrop. Complemented by Dap's distinctively cool lyrical stylings, "Son 4 Reason" is both a throwback to and a reinvigoration of the classic "golden age" sound that both defined and continues to influence an entire generation of emcees.
LISTEN TO "SON 4 REASON" FEAT. GURU NOW!
www.ihiphop.com/lildap
For more information please visit:
www.ihiphop.com/lildap
www.myspace.com/lildapgrouphome
www.babygrande.com
Afro Funke Thursdays at Zanzibar
Afro Funke' Thursdays
Zanzibar 1301 5th Street @ Arizona
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310.451.2221 / 21+ / $10
www.zanzibarlive.com
www.myspace.com/afrofunke
www.rockydawuni.com/afrofunke.html
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THIS WEEK! July 31, 2008
guest deejay: GARTH TRINIDAD
Since 1996, Garth Trinidad has been the premiere source for urban alternative music through his work as a DJ, event curator, and music supervisor. His critically acclaimed, award winning mix can be heard around the world courtesy of KCRW 89.9fm (kcrw.com) and Scion Radio (scion.com/channel11).
www.myspace.com/garthtrinidad
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UPCOMING: August 7, 2008
Uganda's SABA SABA & BABALUKU live!
www.myspace.com/bataka
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For more information please contact:
Cary Sullivan afrofunke@yahoo.com
Zanzibar 1301 5th Street @ Arizona
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310.451.2221 / 21+ / $10
www.zanzibarlive.com
www.myspace.com/afrofunke
www.rockydawuni.com/afrofunke.html
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THIS WEEK! July 31, 2008
guest deejay: GARTH TRINIDAD
Since 1996, Garth Trinidad has been the premiere source for urban alternative music through his work as a DJ, event curator, and music supervisor. His critically acclaimed, award winning mix can be heard around the world courtesy of KCRW 89.9fm (kcrw.com) and Scion Radio (scion.com/channel11).
www.myspace.com/garthtrinidad
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UPCOMING: August 7, 2008
Uganda's SABA SABA & BABALUKU live!
www.myspace.com/bataka
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For more information please contact:
Cary Sullivan afrofunke@yahoo.com
Monday, July 28, 2008
Esotouric to offer John Fante tour
"Fante was my God" Charles Bukowski
Skylight Books Hosts Bus Tour Celebrating Downtown LA Novelist John Fante
WHAT: Esotouric's John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill bus tour
WHEN: Saturday August 23, 11 am-2:30 pm, followed by book signing and reception
COST: $58, which includes post-tour reception (or get a four-tour season pass for the Summer Sale price of $180 through July 31; price is $207 after August 1)
WHERE: Departs from Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, tour covers downtown locations
EXTRAS: Tour guests include Fante's daughter Vickie Fante Cohen and his biographer Stephen Cooper, signing his books at Skylight after the tour
SAVE: See the UCLA Film Archives restoration of Kent McKenzie's Bunker Hill classic "The Exiles" (screenings start 8/15) and save your ticket stub to save 15% on this tour
On August 23, Esotouric, L.A.'s most eclectic bus adventure company, presents its occasional downtown literary tour celebrating the life and work of the great, under appreciated L.A. novelist John Fante in the tour's only 2008 appearance.
John Fante was cult hero Charles Bukowski's favorite writer, his "Ask the Dust" was the film Robert Towne wanted to make after "Chinatown" (it finally was made in 2006 starring Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, and Donald Sutherland) and he is honored with an annual festival in Italy but in 21st Century Los Angeles, his name often gets a shrug. That's too bad, because Fante might be the funniest, most heartwarming, honest and appealing writer to ever take this city as his subject. This tour is a chance to discover a great writer and the lost downtown he celebrated, through the words of tour guide and local historian Richard Schave, Fante's daughter (and bratty teenage heroine of his late short stories) Vickie Fante Cohen and his biographer Stephen Cooper.
Downtown Los Angeles is a neighborhood on the rise, with trendy loft developments, huge crowds attending the monthly Art Walk, and some of the hottest bars and restaurants in the city. But the New Downtown exists on the footprint of a fascinating old neighborhood whose stories are in danger of being lost. Many of Esotouric's tours are devoted to revealing this lost downtown, from the crimes of Hotel Horrors to the burlesque and freak show delights of Main Street Vice, the secret post war woman's history of The Real Black Dahlia to the architectural anthropology of The Many Downtowns.
On JOHN FANTE'S DREAMS OF BUNKER HILL, host Richard Schave follows in the footsteps of Fante and his anti-hero Arturo Bandini, from the lost Bunker Hill Victorian rooming houses where Fante starved and dreamed of fame, the main library where he roamed the stacks (and later, where Bukowski discovered "Ask the Dust"), the Skid Row bars where b-girls pocketed his royalty payments, the Grand Central Market where kindly Japanese farmers gave the poor writer free oranges, to the retirement home Angelus Plaza to see Kay Martin's stunning paintings of Bunker Hill's mansions just before the city condemned them
Finally the tour visits the Berendo Street apartment in Koreatown where "Ask the Dust" was penned, and which neighbors believe is haunted by Fante's spirit. Last time this tour was offered, the abandoned Berendo Street structure had been condemned after an alcoholic transient died inside; this time the tour finds this literary landmark happily in the midst of renovation.
Get on the bus to bask in the spirit of the weird old L.A. that's not there anymore, where a poor Italian-American Colorado kid could sell a novel, become a screenwriter, and inspire a new generation of writers just by telling the raw and funny truth.
To learn more about Esotouric's forthcoming tour of John Fante's Bunker Hill, visit http://www.esotouric.com/fante
For info on the UCLA screenings of "The Exiles," see
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/calendar/calendardetails.aspx?details_type=2&id=293
Upcoming Esotouric bus tour schedule (special events starred, all others maybe ridden by Season Pass holders):
Sat Aug.2 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: Route 66
*Sat Aug 9- Vroman's Bookstore Haunts of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowki's LA
Thurs Aug 14 - The Hippodrome (Downtown LA Art Walk Shuttle, free)
Sat Aug 16 - The Real Black Dahlia
Sat Aug 23 Skylight Books - John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill
*Sat Aug 30 - Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits' LA
Sun Sept 7 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: South LA
Thurs Sept 11 - The Hippodrome (Downtown LA Art Walk Shuttle, free)
Sat Sept 13 - Blood & Dumplings ($5 dumpling fee for Season Pass holders)
Sat Sept 20 Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The Many Downtowns
*Sat Oct 4 Bodhi Tree Visionary Hollywood
Thurs Oct 9 - The Hippodrome (Downtown LA Art Walk Shuttle, free)
*Sat Oct 11- Vroman's Bookstore - Raymond Chandler's LA
Sat Oct 18- Raymond Chandler's Bay City
Sat Oct 25 Halloween Horrors with Crimebo the Clown
Skylight Books Hosts Bus Tour Celebrating Downtown LA Novelist John Fante
WHAT: Esotouric's John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill bus tour
WHEN: Saturday August 23, 11 am-2:30 pm, followed by book signing and reception
COST: $58, which includes post-tour reception (or get a four-tour season pass for the Summer Sale price of $180 through July 31; price is $207 after August 1)
WHERE: Departs from Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, tour covers downtown locations
EXTRAS: Tour guests include Fante's daughter Vickie Fante Cohen and his biographer Stephen Cooper, signing his books at Skylight after the tour
SAVE: See the UCLA Film Archives restoration of Kent McKenzie's Bunker Hill classic "The Exiles" (screenings start 8/15) and save your ticket stub to save 15% on this tour
On August 23, Esotouric, L.A.'s most eclectic bus adventure company, presents its occasional downtown literary tour celebrating the life and work of the great, under appreciated L.A. novelist John Fante in the tour's only 2008 appearance.
John Fante was cult hero Charles Bukowski's favorite writer, his "Ask the Dust" was the film Robert Towne wanted to make after "Chinatown" (it finally was made in 2006 starring Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, and Donald Sutherland) and he is honored with an annual festival in Italy but in 21st Century Los Angeles, his name often gets a shrug. That's too bad, because Fante might be the funniest, most heartwarming, honest and appealing writer to ever take this city as his subject. This tour is a chance to discover a great writer and the lost downtown he celebrated, through the words of tour guide and local historian Richard Schave, Fante's daughter (and bratty teenage heroine of his late short stories) Vickie Fante Cohen and his biographer Stephen Cooper.
Downtown Los Angeles is a neighborhood on the rise, with trendy loft developments, huge crowds attending the monthly Art Walk, and some of the hottest bars and restaurants in the city. But the New Downtown exists on the footprint of a fascinating old neighborhood whose stories are in danger of being lost. Many of Esotouric's tours are devoted to revealing this lost downtown, from the crimes of Hotel Horrors to the burlesque and freak show delights of Main Street Vice, the secret post war woman's history of The Real Black Dahlia to the architectural anthropology of The Many Downtowns.
On JOHN FANTE'S DREAMS OF BUNKER HILL, host Richard Schave follows in the footsteps of Fante and his anti-hero Arturo Bandini, from the lost Bunker Hill Victorian rooming houses where Fante starved and dreamed of fame, the main library where he roamed the stacks (and later, where Bukowski discovered "Ask the Dust"), the Skid Row bars where b-girls pocketed his royalty payments, the Grand Central Market where kindly Japanese farmers gave the poor writer free oranges, to the retirement home Angelus Plaza to see Kay Martin's stunning paintings of Bunker Hill's mansions just before the city condemned them
Finally the tour visits the Berendo Street apartment in Koreatown where "Ask the Dust" was penned, and which neighbors believe is haunted by Fante's spirit. Last time this tour was offered, the abandoned Berendo Street structure had been condemned after an alcoholic transient died inside; this time the tour finds this literary landmark happily in the midst of renovation.
Get on the bus to bask in the spirit of the weird old L.A. that's not there anymore, where a poor Italian-American Colorado kid could sell a novel, become a screenwriter, and inspire a new generation of writers just by telling the raw and funny truth.
To learn more about Esotouric's forthcoming tour of John Fante's Bunker Hill, visit http://www.esotouric.com/fante
For info on the UCLA screenings of "The Exiles," see
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/calendar/calendardetails.aspx?details_type=2&id=293
Upcoming Esotouric bus tour schedule (special events starred, all others maybe ridden by Season Pass holders):
Sat Aug.2 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: Route 66
*Sat Aug 9- Vroman's Bookstore Haunts of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowki's LA
Thurs Aug 14 - The Hippodrome (Downtown LA Art Walk Shuttle, free)
Sat Aug 16 - The Real Black Dahlia
Sat Aug 23 Skylight Books - John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill
*Sat Aug 30 - Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits' LA
Sun Sept 7 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: South LA
Thurs Sept 11 - The Hippodrome (Downtown LA Art Walk Shuttle, free)
Sat Sept 13 - Blood & Dumplings ($5 dumpling fee for Season Pass holders)
Sat Sept 20 Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The Many Downtowns
*Sat Oct 4 Bodhi Tree Visionary Hollywood
Thurs Oct 9 - The Hippodrome (Downtown LA Art Walk Shuttle, free)
*Sat Oct 11- Vroman's Bookstore - Raymond Chandler's LA
Sat Oct 18- Raymond Chandler's Bay City
Sat Oct 25 Halloween Horrors with Crimebo the Clown
"Trading Dirt with Simon Rodia & Allan Kaprow" to be screened
Watts Towers Arts Center/Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center and LA CITYVIEW 35 announce
TRADING DIRT WITH SIMON RODIA & ALLAN KAPROW
A film by Rosie Lee Hooks and Paul. S. Rogers
SCREENING: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Watts Towers Arts Center
1727 East 107th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90002
In ‘Trading Dirt With Simon Rodia & Allan Kaprow’, Host Rosie Lee Hooks takes us on a Happening with Artist-Storytellers Rogelio Acevedo, Augustine Aguirre, Domonique Moody, John Outterbridge, Margarita and Saul Pichardo, Kenzi Shiokava, Jacqueline and Roderick Sykes. Together, they share spontaneous conversations, storytelling, socialization and unrehearsed interactions while exchanging buckets of dirt.
Allan Kaprow, an American painter, assemblagist and a pioneer in establishing the concepts of performance art developed a new art form that came to be known as a "Happening". Just a few short years earlier, Simon Rodia, working alone for thirty-three years, using tile setter’s tools with no drawing board designs, scaffolding, bolts or welding finished the largest single work of art created by one man – The Watts Towers.
The production documents in a tangible form, the idea of circulating and giving back to the community and receiving and passing on ideas. The artist-storytellers are each directly involved in educating and providing leadership in arts education on a continuous basis at the Watts Towers Arts Center. ‘Trading Dirt With Simon Rodia & Allan Kaprow’ inter cuts vintage footage from the film ‘Watts Towers” by William Hale with contemporary images of the Watts Community, surrounding areas and St. Elmo Village.
As Kaprow said, "The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible." The idea of having some of these mentors’ dirt and culture, mix directly with each other and Simon Rodia is a moment in time ‘Trading Dirt With Simon Rodia & Allan Kaprow’.
TRADING DIRT WITH SIMON RODIA & ALLAN KAPROW
A film by Rosie Lee Hooks and Paul. S. Rogers
SCREENING: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Watts Towers Arts Center
1727 East 107th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90002
In ‘Trading Dirt With Simon Rodia & Allan Kaprow’, Host Rosie Lee Hooks takes us on a Happening with Artist-Storytellers Rogelio Acevedo, Augustine Aguirre, Domonique Moody, John Outterbridge, Margarita and Saul Pichardo, Kenzi Shiokava, Jacqueline and Roderick Sykes. Together, they share spontaneous conversations, storytelling, socialization and unrehearsed interactions while exchanging buckets of dirt.
Allan Kaprow, an American painter, assemblagist and a pioneer in establishing the concepts of performance art developed a new art form that came to be known as a "Happening". Just a few short years earlier, Simon Rodia, working alone for thirty-three years, using tile setter’s tools with no drawing board designs, scaffolding, bolts or welding finished the largest single work of art created by one man – The Watts Towers.
The production documents in a tangible form, the idea of circulating and giving back to the community and receiving and passing on ideas. The artist-storytellers are each directly involved in educating and providing leadership in arts education on a continuous basis at the Watts Towers Arts Center. ‘Trading Dirt With Simon Rodia & Allan Kaprow’ inter cuts vintage footage from the film ‘Watts Towers” by William Hale with contemporary images of the Watts Community, surrounding areas and St. Elmo Village.
As Kaprow said, "The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible." The idea of having some of these mentors’ dirt and culture, mix directly with each other and Simon Rodia is a moment in time ‘Trading Dirt With Simon Rodia & Allan Kaprow’.
Artists, producers and more need to check out Black Iris
Just what IS Black Iris?
How do I find their digital singles?
Are they free?
Can I post them and share ‘em with my readers?
Who’s on their roster?
Who the heck are Fool's Gold and Flower of Doom?
The answers to all those questions and more below. READ ON!
With studios in NY, LA and Virginia, Black Iris is a collective of musicians rooted in the indie music scene who, outside of their bands, have been recording compositions and original scores to all kinds of media. From producers to engineers to composers, the collective has been ever growing since its formation. From all this creativity and good music spawned the Black Iris Singles Label. The Black Iris label will be in both digital and 7-inch format.
The first two singles will be released shortly. The first is from Fool's Gold, which is many of the members of indie darlings Foreign Born. The second will be from Flowers of Doom which is Cornbread Compton of Cursive and Josiah Steinback of Heavens, with a revolving selection of singers. The first Flowers of Doom single has the vocal styling of Tim Presley of Darker My Love. You can listen to and download both singles www.blackiris.tv/project/label
Why Black Iris?
The Black Iris Label is a platform for this collective of artists to showcase the music that they are making beyond the confines of the work they do for advertising, film and TV. The collective is a diverse group of musicians who are always making music either for TV, film, web or for their own projects or even as producers of friends projects. These musicians all work within the collective and want their various projects to be heard! Black Iris will create this outlet by sponsoring tours, curating live shows and releasing these singles both digitally and in a 7-inch format.
Black Iris has been making music within this format for awhile with musicians who have played in and toured with many bands including Foreign Born, Cursive, and Mazarin to name a few.
Many Black Iris songs might be familiar. You might hear snippets of them anywhere but the point is, if you dig em, you can’t find them. They have been living in some “music netherworld”, now that is not a problem. Black Iris will be making those songs available.
How do I find their digital singles?
Are they free?
Can I post them and share ‘em with my readers?
Who’s on their roster?
Who the heck are Fool's Gold and Flower of Doom?
The answers to all those questions and more below. READ ON!
With studios in NY, LA and Virginia, Black Iris is a collective of musicians rooted in the indie music scene who, outside of their bands, have been recording compositions and original scores to all kinds of media. From producers to engineers to composers, the collective has been ever growing since its formation. From all this creativity and good music spawned the Black Iris Singles Label. The Black Iris label will be in both digital and 7-inch format.
The first two singles will be released shortly. The first is from Fool's Gold, which is many of the members of indie darlings Foreign Born. The second will be from Flowers of Doom which is Cornbread Compton of Cursive and Josiah Steinback of Heavens, with a revolving selection of singers. The first Flowers of Doom single has the vocal styling of Tim Presley of Darker My Love. You can listen to and download both singles www.blackiris.tv/project/label
Why Black Iris?
The Black Iris Label is a platform for this collective of artists to showcase the music that they are making beyond the confines of the work they do for advertising, film and TV. The collective is a diverse group of musicians who are always making music either for TV, film, web or for their own projects or even as producers of friends projects. These musicians all work within the collective and want their various projects to be heard! Black Iris will create this outlet by sponsoring tours, curating live shows and releasing these singles both digitally and in a 7-inch format.
Black Iris has been making music within this format for awhile with musicians who have played in and toured with many bands including Foreign Born, Cursive, and Mazarin to name a few.
Many Black Iris songs might be familiar. You might hear snippets of them anywhere but the point is, if you dig em, you can’t find them. They have been living in some “music netherworld”, now that is not a problem. Black Iris will be making those songs available.
Michael Lington to release new effort in September
Saxophonist MICHAEL LINGTON will release his new CD HEAT, on September 2 on Nu Groove, crossing over into the mainstream pop/adult contemporary realm with vocal collaborations: That’s When You Save Me, an original track penned by hot young songwriter Claude Kelly (Leona Lewis), performed with soul legend AARON NEVILLE; and a rock-edged version of Gerry Rafferty’s classic Baker Street, with former American Idol finalist (and Grammy nominated songwriter) ACE YOUNG.
Lington co-produced seven of the tracks on HEAT with legendary session keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, whose credits range from Herbie Hancock’s Possibilities to Chris Botti’s To Love Again. Mega producer Keith Olsen (Fleetwood Mac, Santana, Grateful Dead) also contributed three cuts. Veteran musicians on the CD include keyboardist Randy Waldman, guitarists Michael Thompson and Kim Pierce; bassists Neil Stubenhaus and Nathan East; and drummers Teddy Campbell and Vinnie Colaiuta. Lington also introduces two rising female vocalists, U.K. born Keely Hawkes and Nashville based Janie Clewer.
Since the late 90’s, Lington has scored hit after Top 10 hit. A Copenhagen native, Lington began performing in the U.S. with such vocalists as Little Richard, Gary “U.S.” Bonds and Randy Crawford. His major breakthrough came with singer Bobby Caldwell, with whom he played from 1994-1998, and collaborated on the AC hit Tell It Like It Is. Lington’s 2000 breakthrough disc titled Vivid featured the #2 hit Twice In A Lifetime, and Sunset (Por Do Sol) which reached #4.
His third release Everything Must Change was chosen as one of 2002’s top contemporary jazz recordings by Jazziz magazine and spawned the Top 5 radio single Still Thinking Of You and Top 30 hit Off The Hook. 2004’s Stay With Me, his first release on fellow sax superstar Dave Koz’s Rendezvous Music, remained on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart for 24 weeks and yielded three major radio hits with Show Me (#2), Two Of A Kind (#2) and Pacifica (#6). His last CD, A Song For You included two popular singles, It’s Too Late and Tell Me All About It, a duet with Koz.
Lington recently opened for Barry Manilow with contemporary jazz keyboardist Brian Culbertson, and is lending his artistry to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, which raises funds for children’s music programs and provides instruments to public schools throughout the U.S. He also participates in Create Now mentoring troubled teens in Los Angeles, and Acres of Love which provides for abandoned and AIDS-infected children in South Africa.
Lington co-produced seven of the tracks on HEAT with legendary session keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, whose credits range from Herbie Hancock’s Possibilities to Chris Botti’s To Love Again. Mega producer Keith Olsen (Fleetwood Mac, Santana, Grateful Dead) also contributed three cuts. Veteran musicians on the CD include keyboardist Randy Waldman, guitarists Michael Thompson and Kim Pierce; bassists Neil Stubenhaus and Nathan East; and drummers Teddy Campbell and Vinnie Colaiuta. Lington also introduces two rising female vocalists, U.K. born Keely Hawkes and Nashville based Janie Clewer.
Since the late 90’s, Lington has scored hit after Top 10 hit. A Copenhagen native, Lington began performing in the U.S. with such vocalists as Little Richard, Gary “U.S.” Bonds and Randy Crawford. His major breakthrough came with singer Bobby Caldwell, with whom he played from 1994-1998, and collaborated on the AC hit Tell It Like It Is. Lington’s 2000 breakthrough disc titled Vivid featured the #2 hit Twice In A Lifetime, and Sunset (Por Do Sol) which reached #4.
His third release Everything Must Change was chosen as one of 2002’s top contemporary jazz recordings by Jazziz magazine and spawned the Top 5 radio single Still Thinking Of You and Top 30 hit Off The Hook. 2004’s Stay With Me, his first release on fellow sax superstar Dave Koz’s Rendezvous Music, remained on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart for 24 weeks and yielded three major radio hits with Show Me (#2), Two Of A Kind (#2) and Pacifica (#6). His last CD, A Song For You included two popular singles, It’s Too Late and Tell Me All About It, a duet with Koz.
Lington recently opened for Barry Manilow with contemporary jazz keyboardist Brian Culbertson, and is lending his artistry to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, which raises funds for children’s music programs and provides instruments to public schools throughout the U.S. He also participates in Create Now mentoring troubled teens in Los Angeles, and Acres of Love which provides for abandoned and AIDS-infected children in South Africa.
Shimmy Showcase Sunday
GREETINGS to Dancers and Friends of the Sunday evening SHIMMY SHOWCASE at Coffee Haven!
Everyone is invited to come out, have a cup of Java, munch on something yummy and enjoy some really great dancing FOR FREE!
Below is our upcoming schedule for the next several Sundays at the Coffee Haven Internet Cafe in Long Beach. If you are a dancer interested in performing at an upcoming showcase, please check out the schedule below for open dates and then email us at
shimmyshowcase@yahoogroups.com
with the dates on which you'd like to perform.
The SHIMMY SHOWCASE begins at 7 p.m. at the COFFEE HAVEN in Long Beach (1708 E. Broadway -- 562-437-3785).
UPCOMING SHOWCASE CALENDAR
August 3: Alexiis presents the sixth ShimmyShowcase “Burning Bellies” program featuring Hipsy Gypsies, Estra, and Shirin. This is a really fun theme and we hope you’ll come down to Coffee Haven for some really “hot” dancing!
August 10: This promises to be another great Shimmyshowcase as coordinator Saviya brings back LIVE MUSIC by Fernan Cobian on Arabic Ude, accompanied by some live percussionists as well. The talented Tehani, Najma, Marguerite, and Richie will also dazzle you with their dancing.
August 17: Xandra is pleased to be presenting MaraLena with her students Jennifer and Emelia for this Shimmyshowcase.
August 24: Abraiha, Shimmyshowcase coordinator for this evening, is pleased to be introducing new dancers May and Mia and other performers yet to be determined. This means we still have an opening or two, so if you would like to perform, please contact us at ShimmyShowcase@yahoogroups.com
August 31: No Shimmyshowcase this Holiday weekend. Have a great Labor Day!
September 7: Saviya, Shimmyshowcase coordinator for this evening, is pleased to present Shimmyshowcase founder Katerina and the Kabuki Dolls, as well as former Shimmyshowcase coordinator Kashmir with live music! This will be a great program you won’t want to miss!
September 14: Alexiis presents Sylvia and students for another exciting Shimmyshowcase. We still have an opening or two for dancers, so if you would like to perform, please contact us at ShimmyShowcase@yahoogroups.com
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Please allow time for parking to avoid missing any of the fun, so be sure to be at the coffee house well before 7:00 PM. We try not to start the show until everyone has settled with a tasty beverage.
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for additional information, please visit our website at: www.ShimmyShowcase.com
Everyone is invited to come out, have a cup of Java, munch on something yummy and enjoy some really great dancing FOR FREE!
Below is our upcoming schedule for the next several Sundays at the Coffee Haven Internet Cafe in Long Beach. If you are a dancer interested in performing at an upcoming showcase, please check out the schedule below for open dates and then email us at
shimmyshowcase@yahoogroups.com
with the dates on which you'd like to perform.
The SHIMMY SHOWCASE begins at 7 p.m. at the COFFEE HAVEN in Long Beach (1708 E. Broadway -- 562-437-3785).
UPCOMING SHOWCASE CALENDAR
August 3: Alexiis presents the sixth ShimmyShowcase “Burning Bellies” program featuring Hipsy Gypsies, Estra, and Shirin. This is a really fun theme and we hope you’ll come down to Coffee Haven for some really “hot” dancing!
August 10: This promises to be another great Shimmyshowcase as coordinator Saviya brings back LIVE MUSIC by Fernan Cobian on Arabic Ude, accompanied by some live percussionists as well. The talented Tehani, Najma, Marguerite, and Richie will also dazzle you with their dancing.
August 17: Xandra is pleased to be presenting MaraLena with her students Jennifer and Emelia for this Shimmyshowcase.
August 24: Abraiha, Shimmyshowcase coordinator for this evening, is pleased to be introducing new dancers May and Mia and other performers yet to be determined. This means we still have an opening or two, so if you would like to perform, please contact us at ShimmyShowcase@yahoogroups.com
August 31: No Shimmyshowcase this Holiday weekend. Have a great Labor Day!
September 7: Saviya, Shimmyshowcase coordinator for this evening, is pleased to present Shimmyshowcase founder Katerina and the Kabuki Dolls, as well as former Shimmyshowcase coordinator Kashmir with live music! This will be a great program you won’t want to miss!
September 14: Alexiis presents Sylvia and students for another exciting Shimmyshowcase. We still have an opening or two for dancers, so if you would like to perform, please contact us at ShimmyShowcase@yahoogroups.com
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Please allow time for parking to avoid missing any of the fun, so be sure to be at the coffee house well before 7:00 PM. We try not to start the show until everyone has settled with a tasty beverage.
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for additional information, please visit our website at: www.ShimmyShowcase.com
Queen acoustic release party
WHAT: Queen Acoustic Record Release Party and Buffet
WHERE: Colori Kitchen, 429 W 8th St., Los Angeles, CA 90014, (213) 622-5950
WHEN: Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
COST: $10 includes buffet dinner and music
As he serves pasta at downtown's most popular family-run trattoria, the celebrated Colori Kitchen, you might not guess that waiter Luca Spanio was nursing rock and roll dreams. Sure, there's the long black hair, and that certain bop in his step, and the graceful fingers that never drop a plate... but let us fill you in.
Luca came to America to study guitar and singing at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, and for his first CD he's recorded an all-acoustic celebration of the band he loves: Queen.
In live performance Luca sings like Freddie Mercury while picking ala Brian May on a sea blue guitar, offering sing-a-long favorites like "We Will RockYou," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and elegant rarities, plus a selection of original tunes.
Queen Acoustic was recently the hit of the downtown LA Hippodrome Art Walk shuttle bus, and has performed at The Derby, Charlie O's, Rainbow Bar & Grill, Knitting Factory, Kibitz Room and The Joint. On Tuesday, July 29, there's a rare chance to enjoy the music of Queen Acoustic and the stunning cooking of chef Luigi.
For more on Queen Acoustic, including song samples, visit
http://www.myspace.com/queenacoustic
For Colori Kitchen info, visit
http://colorikitchen.wordpress.com/
WHERE: Colori Kitchen, 429 W 8th St., Los Angeles, CA 90014, (213) 622-5950
WHEN: Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
COST: $10 includes buffet dinner and music
As he serves pasta at downtown's most popular family-run trattoria, the celebrated Colori Kitchen, you might not guess that waiter Luca Spanio was nursing rock and roll dreams. Sure, there's the long black hair, and that certain bop in his step, and the graceful fingers that never drop a plate... but let us fill you in.
Luca came to America to study guitar and singing at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, and for his first CD he's recorded an all-acoustic celebration of the band he loves: Queen.
In live performance Luca sings like Freddie Mercury while picking ala Brian May on a sea blue guitar, offering sing-a-long favorites like "We Will RockYou," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and elegant rarities, plus a selection of original tunes.
Queen Acoustic was recently the hit of the downtown LA Hippodrome Art Walk shuttle bus, and has performed at The Derby, Charlie O's, Rainbow Bar & Grill, Knitting Factory, Kibitz Room and The Joint. On Tuesday, July 29, there's a rare chance to enjoy the music of Queen Acoustic and the stunning cooking of chef Luigi.
For more on Queen Acoustic, including song samples, visit
http://www.myspace.com/queenacoustic
For Colori Kitchen info, visit
http://colorikitchen.wordpress.com/
Barry Big B Brenner performing this week
Barry Big B Brenner
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Elephant Bar Restaurant
WEDNESDAY NIGHT PATIO PARTY!
JULY 30th – from 6 to 9pm
1825 Madera Road
SIMI VALLEY, 93065
805-584-9119
Good Eats, Strong Drinks & Authentic BLUES!
http://www.elephantbar.com
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Puka Bar
FRIDAY NIGHT
AUGUST 1st – 9pm to Midnight
Exotic Lounge & Tropical Libations...
Get Your Tiki Torched!
710 West Willow Street
LONG BEACH, 90806
562-997-6896
http://www.myspace.com/pukabar
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Firefly Bistro
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
BLUES BRUNCH
August 2nd & 3rd – 11am to 2pm
Superb Soul Vittles served up under a BIG Circus Day Tent!
1009 El Centro Street
SOUTH PASADENA, 91030
626-441-2443
http://www.eatatfirefly.com
Read 2 BIG BLUES BRUNCH Reviews in the Pasadena Weekly:
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=4757&IssueNum=76
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=5594&IssueNum=108
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For a Complete List of Big B’s Upcoming Shows,
Go to...
http://www.myspace.com/barrybigbbrenner
http://www.bigbbrenner.com
::: this week at :::
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Elephant Bar Restaurant
WEDNESDAY NIGHT PATIO PARTY!
JULY 30th – from 6 to 9pm
1825 Madera Road
SIMI VALLEY, 93065
805-584-9119
Good Eats, Strong Drinks & Authentic BLUES!
http://www.elephantbar.com
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Puka Bar
FRIDAY NIGHT
AUGUST 1st – 9pm to Midnight
Exotic Lounge & Tropical Libations...
Get Your Tiki Torched!
710 West Willow Street
LONG BEACH, 90806
562-997-6896
http://www.myspace.com/pukabar
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Firefly Bistro
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
BLUES BRUNCH
August 2nd & 3rd – 11am to 2pm
Superb Soul Vittles served up under a BIG Circus Day Tent!
1009 El Centro Street
SOUTH PASADENA, 91030
626-441-2443
http://www.eatatfirefly.com
Read 2 BIG BLUES BRUNCH Reviews in the Pasadena Weekly:
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=4757&IssueNum=76
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=5594&IssueNum=108
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For a Complete List of Big B’s Upcoming Shows,
Go to...
http://www.myspace.com/barrybigbbrenner
http://www.bigbbrenner.com
NPR to offer Tom Waits concert via streaming and podcast
Iconic singer-songwriter Tom Waits is adding an extra stop to his sold-out “Glitter & Doom” summer tour: NPR Music’s “Live in Concert” series. NPR Music is the only place to hear a full concert from Waits’ tour, which will be available for both free streaming and podcast at www.NPR.org/music beginning tomorrow, July 29.
During the show, recorded at Atlanta’s historic Fox Theater on July 5, Waits gives a two-and-a-half hour performance, featuring songs he’s never played outside a studio. The 25-track set includes “Hold On,” “All the World is Green” and “Hoist That Rag,” followed by an encore of “Anywhere I Lay My Head.”
Waits is the latest musician to have an entire performance streamed by NPR Music, which frequently webcasts rock, pop and indie concerts as part of its extensive “Live in Concert” series. The series has featured more than 100 events to date. In March, NPR Music and Member stations traveled to Austin, TX, to live webcast and broadcast 14 concerts from the influential music festival South by Southwest, among them R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver and Yo La Tengo. All SXSW performances are archived at the site. This summer, NPR Music is also webcasting and broadcasting performances from the Newport Folk Festival and JVC Jazz Festival Newport in Rhode Island.
NPR Music launched in November 2007 as a free, comprehensive music discovery destination, featuring content from NPR and 12 NPR Member public radio stations, as well as original-to-NPR Music features such as live performances, studio sessions, interviews, reviews and blogs. Specific sections of the site are dedicated to rock/pop/folk, classical, jazz/blues, world and urban music. The site culls from NPR’s and the stations’ extensive music archives to present thousands of features; its popular Concert section offers hundreds of regional and national web concerts, with more than 15 new performances added each month. NPR Music also has dozens of original music podcasts.
During the show, recorded at Atlanta’s historic Fox Theater on July 5, Waits gives a two-and-a-half hour performance, featuring songs he’s never played outside a studio. The 25-track set includes “Hold On,” “All the World is Green” and “Hoist That Rag,” followed by an encore of “Anywhere I Lay My Head.”
Waits is the latest musician to have an entire performance streamed by NPR Music, which frequently webcasts rock, pop and indie concerts as part of its extensive “Live in Concert” series. The series has featured more than 100 events to date. In March, NPR Music and Member stations traveled to Austin, TX, to live webcast and broadcast 14 concerts from the influential music festival South by Southwest, among them R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver and Yo La Tengo. All SXSW performances are archived at the site. This summer, NPR Music is also webcasting and broadcasting performances from the Newport Folk Festival and JVC Jazz Festival Newport in Rhode Island.
NPR Music launched in November 2007 as a free, comprehensive music discovery destination, featuring content from NPR and 12 NPR Member public radio stations, as well as original-to-NPR Music features such as live performances, studio sessions, interviews, reviews and blogs. Specific sections of the site are dedicated to rock/pop/folk, classical, jazz/blues, world and urban music. The site culls from NPR’s and the stations’ extensive music archives to present thousands of features; its popular Concert section offers hundreds of regional and national web concerts, with more than 15 new performances added each month. NPR Music also has dozens of original music podcasts.
Friday, July 25, 2008
End o' week musings
Yeah, yeah, it's been two weeks, but I took a small and much-needed vacation. Just before I left I interviewed Eric Peterson of Testament and am now fully charged up about the Masters of Metal tour!
Last Friday I spent my afternoon soaking in my friend's pool and sipping martinis. The weather was perfect.
Saturday I
managed to sneak in my yoga class and a few errands before heading out to Pasadena Heritage's Colorado Bridge Street Party. Donning comfortable duds and my Doo Dah crown, I was flanked by Princess Valerie and Sir Ben McGinty Knight of the Arts. We wandered through the crowd, stopping for the paparazzi and other fans. We even managed to catch peformances by Aluminum Marshmallow and the Age of Aquarius Horns, Mercy and the Merkettes, Wreck N Sow, Snotty Scotty and the Hankies, Flattop Tom and more. The food was good too!
managed to sneak in my yoga class and a few errands before heading out to Pasadena Heritage's Colorado Bridge Street Party. Donning comfortable duds and my Doo Dah crown, I was flanked by Princess Valerie and Sir Ben McGinty Knight of the Arts. We wandered through the crowd, stopping for the paparazzi and other fans. We even managed to catch peformances by Aluminum Marshmallow and the Age of Aquarius Horns, Mercy and the Merkettes, Wreck N Sow, Snotty Scotty and the Hankies, Flattop Tom and more. The food was good too!Sunday I headed out to Leo Carillo State Park with my friend, his son and Atticus. We enjoyed the afternoon at the beach before setting up camp. We cooked hot dogs and s'mores, took a flashlight hike and told bad ghost stories. In the morning, we were back at the beach for Frisbee fetch, plenty of splashing and some sand fort building. I always recommend this spot as a great outing, especially if you only have a couple of days to get away.
On Wednesday I went with my friends to Catalina. All that beautiful clear water and I was the only one brave enough to get my toes in the sand! We spent the bulk of our time taking a leisurely stroll through Avalon, which was refreshing.
Coming up on Friday, August 1, you can find Zaynah and me dancing during 1st Friday Art Club at
McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World
2475 N. Lake Ave.
Altadena
7 p.m.-1 a.m.
$5
There will be a group show by more than 25 artists, performances by the Sundowners and Almase Arabesque, plus special guest Ric Sarabia.
This weekend I have too many opportunities and not enough motivation. I want to go out and have fun, but then I kinda just want to hole up and hide from everything. Guess those afternoon naps spoiled me!
Photos we got 'em: Hope you enjoy this photo of Atticus snoozing after a long game of Frisbee fetch at Leo Carillo beach, as well as a snap of my friend Bill Cagle and his son Chris at the Football Hall of Fame (thanks for sharing Bill!). And then there's my usual cool pet photos, plus a nice fireworks shot t
aken by Valerie at the Rose Bowl on the Fourth of July.
aken by Valerie at the Rose Bowl on the Fourth of July.In rotation this week: Judas Priest, Testament, Bjork, Tom Petty, Beat Union and Fuji Minx.
Thought of the week: Take a break. I really needed a rest away from everything and I'm sure it wouldn't hurt you either. Even if it's just an afternoon lounging in your backyard (or living room), not answering the phone or e-mail and just being quiet and lazy. It will recharge your body, mind and spirit. Too busy? Consider a power nap! Even 20-45 minutes will revive you and bring back your smile.
Keep on rockin'
Mickie
Aluminum Marshmallow to perform Aug. 3
The Sierra Madre Volunteer Fireman's Association presents The Aluminum Marshmallow & the Age of Aquarius Horns, Sun Aug 3rd, 6-8PM as part of Sierra Madre's summer concert series.The Mallow plays classic rock and features a five man horn section.
According to founding band member, Tom Behrens, "You're guaranteed to dig our sound, you'll know all the words to every song".
As always there will be plenty of free sodas and water courtesy of the SMVFA. Fireman Bill assures that the firefighter's wives will be on hand, selling T-shirts, cook books and other must have items. Get there early to reserve a spot. If you miss this one, we don't even want to hear about it!
Madame Pamita appearing Saturday
Casa de Sousa presents
The Salon of the Supernatural!
Please join me early Saturday evening for a night like no other!
An Esoteric Early Evening Soiree at the Casa de Sousa
Partake in a detailed private card reading with Madame Pamita between 4PM-7PM
Enjoy the no-host menu of delightful and delicious antojitos, exotic tea and coffee drinks, and beer and wine lovingly prepared and presented all evening long by Conchita and Fernando of Casa de Sousa. Friends and family of all ages are welcome and of course there is no charge! A token of your affection in exchange for a fortune is warmly welcomed but under no circumstances required.
634 N. Main Street
(enter on the Olvera Street side: W-19 Olvera Street)
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.703.5236
ww.myspace.com/madamepamitamadamepamita@gmail.com
The Salon of the Supernatural!
Please join me early Saturday evening for a night like no other!
An Esoteric Early Evening Soiree at the Casa de Sousa
Partake in a detailed private card reading with Madame Pamita between 4PM-7PM
Enjoy the no-host menu of delightful and delicious antojitos, exotic tea and coffee drinks, and beer and wine lovingly prepared and presented all evening long by Conchita and Fernando of Casa de Sousa. Friends and family of all ages are welcome and of course there is no charge! A token of your affection in exchange for a fortune is warmly welcomed but under no circumstances required.
634 N. Main Street
(enter on the Olvera Street side: W-19 Olvera Street)
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.703.5236
ww.myspace.com/madamepamitamadamepamita@gmail.com
17 Pygmies are back for International Pop Overthrow
17 Pygmies Return for Rare Live Performance at International Pop Overthrow
WHAT: International Pop Overthrow LA
WHERE: Spaceland. 1717 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026, 323-661-4380
WHEN: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 8:30 p.m.
COST: $8.00/21+
International Pop Overthrow (or IPO, as its friends call it) is a pop music festival celebrating its tenth year in Los Angeles. There have also been IPO festivals held in Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, and in Liverpool, England (at the world-famous Cavern Club). Each International Pop Overthrow features between 100-180 of the world's best pop bands. The purpose of IPO is two-fold: to give every worthy band who'd like to play their music in a festival atmosphere the chance to do so, and to bring honest, delightful pop music the attention it so richly deserves.
Featured at the upcoming Los Angeles IPO is the legendary post-punk ensemble 17 Pygmies, featuring Jackson Del Rey (founding member of influential L.A. band Savage Republic). 17 Pygmies will be performing brand new songs for this show.
Band leader Jackson Del Rey has recently received world-wide attention for his DVD releases featuring original soundtracks for the silent films"Battleship Potemkin" and "Nosferatu." Recent press includes a six-page spread in Blow Up Magazine (Italy) and a feature in Wound Magazine (U.K.), both including in-depth interviews with Jackson where he discusses composing film scores and returning to music making after a 17-year hiatus.
17Pygmies, 17 years? If we know Jackson, this is no accident!
Of the 17 Pygmies' live show in Boston last year, Lucid Culture raved "If it's possible for a sometimes quirky, often transcendentally beautiful art-rock band to slay, The 17 Pygmies slayed, bringing to mind other great, artsy jangle bands like the Church, the Byrds or Fairport Convention. Mix in major and minor chords, verses that built slowly to towering refrains and then subsided again, the band held the audience spellbound. If the live show is any indication, the new album must be amazing. This is a band you should get to know."
Sharing the IPO bill on August 5th at Spaceland are: Kristian Hoffman, 17 Pygmies, Saucy Monky, Io Perry, Aaron David Gleason and The Holliston Stops
The 2007 releases "Ballade Of Tristram's Last Harping" and "13 Blackbirds" were well-received and left no doubt that Jackson Del Rey is back to stay. A new experimental record "Celestina" is slated to be released this fall.
For more 17 Pygmies and on the Trakwerx label, visit
http://www.trakwerx.blogspot.com
http://www.trakwerx.com/label.htm
http://www.myspace.com/17pygmies
For Spaceland info, visit http://clubspaceland.com
WHAT: International Pop Overthrow LA
WHERE: Spaceland. 1717 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026, 323-661-4380
WHEN: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 8:30 p.m.
COST: $8.00/21+
International Pop Overthrow (or IPO, as its friends call it) is a pop music festival celebrating its tenth year in Los Angeles. There have also been IPO festivals held in Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, and in Liverpool, England (at the world-famous Cavern Club). Each International Pop Overthrow features between 100-180 of the world's best pop bands. The purpose of IPO is two-fold: to give every worthy band who'd like to play their music in a festival atmosphere the chance to do so, and to bring honest, delightful pop music the attention it so richly deserves.
Featured at the upcoming Los Angeles IPO is the legendary post-punk ensemble 17 Pygmies, featuring Jackson Del Rey (founding member of influential L.A. band Savage Republic). 17 Pygmies will be performing brand new songs for this show.
Band leader Jackson Del Rey has recently received world-wide attention for his DVD releases featuring original soundtracks for the silent films"Battleship Potemkin" and "Nosferatu." Recent press includes a six-page spread in Blow Up Magazine (Italy) and a feature in Wound Magazine (U.K.), both including in-depth interviews with Jackson where he discusses composing film scores and returning to music making after a 17-year hiatus.
17Pygmies, 17 years? If we know Jackson, this is no accident!
Of the 17 Pygmies' live show in Boston last year, Lucid Culture raved "If it's possible for a sometimes quirky, often transcendentally beautiful art-rock band to slay, The 17 Pygmies slayed, bringing to mind other great, artsy jangle bands like the Church, the Byrds or Fairport Convention. Mix in major and minor chords, verses that built slowly to towering refrains and then subsided again, the band held the audience spellbound. If the live show is any indication, the new album must be amazing. This is a band you should get to know."
Sharing the IPO bill on August 5th at Spaceland are: Kristian Hoffman, 17 Pygmies, Saucy Monky, Io Perry, Aaron David Gleason and The Holliston Stops
The 2007 releases "Ballade Of Tristram's Last Harping" and "13 Blackbirds" were well-received and left no doubt that Jackson Del Rey is back to stay. A new experimental record "Celestina" is slated to be released this fall.
For more 17 Pygmies and on the Trakwerx label, visit
http://www.trakwerx.blogspot.com
http://www.trakwerx.com/label.htm
http://www.myspace.com/17pygmies
For Spaceland info, visit http://clubspaceland.com
ASPCA job openings
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ASPCA Job of the Week
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Are you a conscientious caretaker? The ASPCA is searching for a Licensed Veterinary Technician to oversee the daily care of our shelter animals and to assist veterinarians with routine examinations and other minor procedures. We're looking for someone with at least one year of experience and solid knowledge of veterinary medicine and animal handling. If you're an exceptional communicator driven to help those who need you most, send us your resume--you may be our next happy hire.
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=k9BGNsryVRT3WODCzUwPpA..
The ASPCA offers generous benefit packages for full-time employees. And an added incentive is time to play with dogs and cats during your lunch break! Please submit your resume and salary requirements for ourprompt consideration.
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=ohnlSvtQzFCsrjAyHwSqZQ..
ASPCA Job of the Week
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Are you a conscientious caretaker? The ASPCA is searching for a Licensed Veterinary Technician to oversee the daily care of our shelter animals and to assist veterinarians with routine examinations and other minor procedures. We're looking for someone with at least one year of experience and solid knowledge of veterinary medicine and animal handling. If you're an exceptional communicator driven to help those who need you most, send us your resume--you may be our next happy hire.
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=k9BGNsryVRT3WODCzUwPpA..
The ASPCA offers generous benefit packages for full-time employees. And an added incentive is time to play with dogs and cats during your lunch break! Please submit your resume and salary requirements for ourprompt consideration.
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=ohnlSvtQzFCsrjAyHwSqZQ..
Tantric moving up charts and on tour
Louisville, KY rockers TANTRIC have another Top 10 single on their hands and are approaching Top 5! "Down and Out" jumped up to #7 on the BDS Active Rock Chart this week and continues to gain momentum as the song marches forward at all the Rock Radio formats. "Down and Out" is the first single off Tantric's new record The End Begins, which is out now on Silent Majority Group/ILG. The End Begins debuted at #91 on the Billboard Top 200 in April.
A big Tantric shout out goes out to Tampa Bay Rays All-Star (and shoe in for Rookie Of The Year) Third Baseman, Evan Longoria for using "Down and Out" as his intro music each time he comes to bat at home games.
Background on Tantric:
Tantric was formed by three former members of Days Of The New: Jesse Vest, Todd Whitener, and Matt Taul, with the addition of Merge singer, Hugo Ferreira. They were signed to Maverick Records in 1999, and recorded their self-titled debut with producer Toby Wright in 2000. The record was released in February 2001 and went platinum thanks to the strength of the single "Breakdown" and the band's extensive touring with the likes of Kid Rock and Creed.
Tantric's second Wright produced album, After We Go, was released in February 2004, preceded by the single "Hey Now." Described as heavier than their first record, After We Go debuted at #56 on the Billboard 200.
Between 2005 and 2007, Vest, Whitener and Taul all decided to move on from Tantric, leaving lead singer Hugo Ferreira to start the search for a new band. Ferreira enlisted former Fuel drummer Kevin Miller, Joe Pessia (guitarist Dramagods), Erik Leonhardt (bassist), and Marcus Ratzenboeck (electric violin) as new members of the band. Shortly thereafter, Tantric announced their deal with the Silent Majority Group record label, and their new management company, JHMP.
Upcoming Tantric Tour Dates:
w/Fosterchild & Vayden
07/24/08 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
07/25/08 Syracuse, NY The Lost Horizon
07/26/08 Buffalo, NY EDGEfest w/ 103.3 The Edge
07/27/08 Altamont, NY EDGEfest w/ WZMR
07/29/08 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
07/31/08 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
08/01/08 Washington DC, Washington DC 9:30 Club
08/02/08 New York City, NY The Blender Theatre @ Gramercy
08/04/08 Point Pleasant, NJ Jenk's Club
08/08/08 Huntington, WV Vclub
08/09/08 Kill Devil Hills, NC The Pit
08/16/08 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
08/17/08 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
08/21/08 Boise, ID Neurolux
08/22/08 Post Falls, ID Rock Hard In The Park
08/23/08 Seattle, WA Layne Staley Tribute and Benefit
08/25/08 Santa Rosa, CA Last Day Saloon
08/26/08 Crystal Bay, NV Crown Room at Crystal Bay Club
08/31/08 South Bend, IN St. Joseph 4-H County Fairground
09/25/08 Jackson, MS Hal & Mal's
09/27/08 Huntsville, AL Big Spring Park
Myspace: www.myspace.com/tantric
A big Tantric shout out goes out to Tampa Bay Rays All-Star (and shoe in for Rookie Of The Year) Third Baseman, Evan Longoria for using "Down and Out" as his intro music each time he comes to bat at home games.
Background on Tantric:
Tantric was formed by three former members of Days Of The New: Jesse Vest, Todd Whitener, and Matt Taul, with the addition of Merge singer, Hugo Ferreira. They were signed to Maverick Records in 1999, and recorded their self-titled debut with producer Toby Wright in 2000. The record was released in February 2001 and went platinum thanks to the strength of the single "Breakdown" and the band's extensive touring with the likes of Kid Rock and Creed.
Tantric's second Wright produced album, After We Go, was released in February 2004, preceded by the single "Hey Now." Described as heavier than their first record, After We Go debuted at #56 on the Billboard 200.
Between 2005 and 2007, Vest, Whitener and Taul all decided to move on from Tantric, leaving lead singer Hugo Ferreira to start the search for a new band. Ferreira enlisted former Fuel drummer Kevin Miller, Joe Pessia (guitarist Dramagods), Erik Leonhardt (bassist), and Marcus Ratzenboeck (electric violin) as new members of the band. Shortly thereafter, Tantric announced their deal with the Silent Majority Group record label, and their new management company, JHMP.
Upcoming Tantric Tour Dates:
w/Fosterchild & Vayden
07/24/08 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
07/25/08 Syracuse, NY The Lost Horizon
07/26/08 Buffalo, NY EDGEfest w/ 103.3 The Edge
07/27/08 Altamont, NY EDGEfest w/ WZMR
07/29/08 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
07/31/08 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
08/01/08 Washington DC, Washington DC 9:30 Club
08/02/08 New York City, NY The Blender Theatre @ Gramercy
08/04/08 Point Pleasant, NJ Jenk's Club
08/08/08 Huntington, WV Vclub
08/09/08 Kill Devil Hills, NC The Pit
08/16/08 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
08/17/08 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
08/21/08 Boise, ID Neurolux
08/22/08 Post Falls, ID Rock Hard In The Park
08/23/08 Seattle, WA Layne Staley Tribute and Benefit
08/25/08 Santa Rosa, CA Last Day Saloon
08/26/08 Crystal Bay, NV Crown Room at Crystal Bay Club
08/31/08 South Bend, IN St. Joseph 4-H County Fairground
09/25/08 Jackson, MS Hal & Mal's
09/27/08 Huntsville, AL Big Spring Park
Myspace: www.myspace.com/tantric
Gilli Moon's Songsalive! Showcase Tuesday
gilli moon’s Songsalive! L.A Showcase@ Genghis Cohen
Featuring: gilli moon, j.walker and other extraordinary songwriters and poets in the round. See Featured performers listed below. Artists, songwriters and the general public - come and support our showcases with original music artists!
Last Tuesdays of the Month - Tuesday July 29.
WHERE: @ GENGHIS COHEN
740 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Just Nth of Melrose.
Plenty of parking.
www.genghiscohen.com
TIME: EARLY SHOW! Doors open 6.30pm / 7pm sharp start. Ends at 8.45pm
Great Chinese food after the show. Dinner Reservations: 323.653.0640
DOOR: $7 cover ($5 with flyer) at the door for the house, donations for artists appreciated during the show.
Artists apply to perform at www.songsalive.net - log-in and go to "Apply for a Showcase"
Poets and spoken word artists… come on the night and you could be picked to get up and do a piece!
MORE DETAILS AT www.songsalive.org - go to "Chapters" and look for Los Angeles
FEATURED PERFORMERS FOR TUES JULY 29:
gilli moon
gilli moon is an australian singer, songwriter, recording artist, pianist, actor, producer, author, painter, motivator, entrepreneur, visionary and empowering community builder. She has been in los angeles for 8 years. Her restless creativity and rebellious nature continually urge her to push the envelope in the studio, on stage and with whatever she touches. She's an illustrious, energetic poly-media artist and her multifaceted albums and dynamic, entertaining live shows have touched music lovers worldwide garnering high praise from the most jaded of critics, including Newsweek Magazine earlier this year.
www.gillimoon.com
www.myspace.com/gillimoon
J.Walker
J.Walker is a counselor, a poet, a rapper and a healer. J.Walker is living his dream, working as a self proclaimed RHYMECOLOGIST, he helps "at risk youth work" through their problems by expressing themselves through rap or poetry. The creativity and passion that J.Walker uses has helped him win numerous poetry slams and talent shows all through Los Angeles. www.rhymecology.com
www.myspace.com/jwalker1221
Jimi Yamagishi
Describing his music as "someplace between sushi & BBQ w' a lil' spiritual sauce on the side", Jimi's produced & played on projects across a wide range of genres from Crunk to Classical, Gospel to Gangsta, New age to Metal rage, & generally has more fun than should be legal wherever he's at with whatever he's doing. As the current director of SongNet (www.thesongnet.org) Jimi usually points the spotlight to those he feels are more deserving, & is honored & appreciative of opportunities to share himself with anyone willing to take the time to listen to what he has crafted during his 3 decades+ in the music industry.
www.jimiyamagishi.com
www.myspace.com/guitaryoda
Amy Raasch
Amy Raasch came to songwriting as a surprise. She had needed to learn a couple of basic guitar chords when cast as a folksinger in an indie film, and shocked everyone on set (including herself) by spontaneously writing her first song -- which went on to become her character's theme song. Cut to her debut album, "Love or Inertia," which made several "Best of 2007" lists, and caused Music Connection to name her "One of the Top Unsigned Artists in Los Angeles. Tune into YouTube for her current project, "52 Songs in 52 Weeks," and sign the mailing list at amyraasch.com for updates.
www.amyraasch.com
www.myspace.com/amyraasch
NEXT LA SHOWCASE: Tuesday August 26
CALL FOR ARTISTS:
* You must be able to guarantee a min. of 5 guests.
* 3 song acoustic set
* No gigs 2 weeks before or after
* Original music only
* You must be a Songsalive! Elite member www.songsalive.org - go to "join"* Member benefits at www.songsalive.org
* FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM: Showcase application at www.songsalive.net
ABOUT SONGSALIVE!
Songsalive! is now the largest internationally based non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing, supporting, educating and promoting songwriters and composers worldwide. Celebrating over 10 years in operation, Songsalive! was founded in 1997 by two Australian artists, Gilli Moon and Roxanne Kiely, who saw the need for a support network for songwriters that could reach the 4 corners of the globe and propel songwriters to the 4 corners of the globe. After 10 years, they have done just that!
Established with now over 20 chapters around the world, and over 35 chapter coordinators, Songsalive! is run by volunteer songwriters for songwriters. Through our grassroots international efforts, we've put a stamp on what "global community" truly is and it's the type of community that is definitely needed in this ever changing music business where songwriting can be a very isolating experience and career. We provide a "home", a family, for songwriters and composers through our programs, resources, community and support, all focused on the art and business of songwriting.
Through Songsalive!, songs and songwriters can be accessed by the whole world and when the hunt is on, Songsalive! is a one-stop song shop! We run our own programs and events for songwriters, and also act as an umbrella, or a link in the chain, for songwriters to know and find out other events, resources and support centers for them, globally. Check out our events and calendar online www.songsalive.org
More about Songsalive! in Los Angeles www.songsalive.org
Songsalive! Supporting and promoting songwriters worldwide
http://www.songsalive.org
Featuring: gilli moon, j.walker and other extraordinary songwriters and poets in the round. See Featured performers listed below. Artists, songwriters and the general public - come and support our showcases with original music artists!
Last Tuesdays of the Month - Tuesday July 29.
WHERE: @ GENGHIS COHEN
740 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Just Nth of Melrose.
Plenty of parking.
www.genghiscohen.com
TIME: EARLY SHOW! Doors open 6.30pm / 7pm sharp start. Ends at 8.45pm
Great Chinese food after the show. Dinner Reservations: 323.653.0640
DOOR: $7 cover ($5 with flyer) at the door for the house, donations for artists appreciated during the show.
Artists apply to perform at www.songsalive.net - log-in and go to "Apply for a Showcase"
Poets and spoken word artists… come on the night and you could be picked to get up and do a piece!
MORE DETAILS AT www.songsalive.org - go to "Chapters" and look for Los Angeles
FEATURED PERFORMERS FOR TUES JULY 29:
gilli moon
gilli moon is an australian singer, songwriter, recording artist, pianist, actor, producer, author, painter, motivator, entrepreneur, visionary and empowering community builder. She has been in los angeles for 8 years. Her restless creativity and rebellious nature continually urge her to push the envelope in the studio, on stage and with whatever she touches. She's an illustrious, energetic poly-media artist and her multifaceted albums and dynamic, entertaining live shows have touched music lovers worldwide garnering high praise from the most jaded of critics, including Newsweek Magazine earlier this year.
www.gillimoon.com
www.myspace.com/gillimoon
J.Walker
J.Walker is a counselor, a poet, a rapper and a healer. J.Walker is living his dream, working as a self proclaimed RHYMECOLOGIST, he helps "at risk youth work" through their problems by expressing themselves through rap or poetry. The creativity and passion that J.Walker uses has helped him win numerous poetry slams and talent shows all through Los Angeles. www.rhymecology.com
www.myspace.com/jwalker1221
Jimi Yamagishi
Describing his music as "someplace between sushi & BBQ w' a lil' spiritual sauce on the side", Jimi's produced & played on projects across a wide range of genres from Crunk to Classical, Gospel to Gangsta, New age to Metal rage, & generally has more fun than should be legal wherever he's at with whatever he's doing. As the current director of SongNet (www.thesongnet.org) Jimi usually points the spotlight to those he feels are more deserving, & is honored & appreciative of opportunities to share himself with anyone willing to take the time to listen to what he has crafted during his 3 decades+ in the music industry.
www.jimiyamagishi.com
www.myspace.com/guitaryoda
Amy Raasch
Amy Raasch came to songwriting as a surprise. She had needed to learn a couple of basic guitar chords when cast as a folksinger in an indie film, and shocked everyone on set (including herself) by spontaneously writing her first song -- which went on to become her character's theme song. Cut to her debut album, "Love or Inertia," which made several "Best of 2007" lists, and caused Music Connection to name her "One of the Top Unsigned Artists in Los Angeles. Tune into YouTube for her current project, "52 Songs in 52 Weeks," and sign the mailing list at amyraasch.com for updates.
www.amyraasch.com
www.myspace.com/amyraasch
NEXT LA SHOWCASE: Tuesday August 26
CALL FOR ARTISTS:
* You must be able to guarantee a min. of 5 guests.
* 3 song acoustic set
* No gigs 2 weeks before or after
* Original music only
* You must be a Songsalive! Elite member www.songsalive.org - go to "join"* Member benefits at www.songsalive.org
* FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM: Showcase application at www.songsalive.net
ABOUT SONGSALIVE!
Songsalive! is now the largest internationally based non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing, supporting, educating and promoting songwriters and composers worldwide. Celebrating over 10 years in operation, Songsalive! was founded in 1997 by two Australian artists, Gilli Moon and Roxanne Kiely, who saw the need for a support network for songwriters that could reach the 4 corners of the globe and propel songwriters to the 4 corners of the globe. After 10 years, they have done just that!
Established with now over 20 chapters around the world, and over 35 chapter coordinators, Songsalive! is run by volunteer songwriters for songwriters. Through our grassroots international efforts, we've put a stamp on what "global community" truly is and it's the type of community that is definitely needed in this ever changing music business where songwriting can be a very isolating experience and career. We provide a "home", a family, for songwriters and composers through our programs, resources, community and support, all focused on the art and business of songwriting.
Through Songsalive!, songs and songwriters can be accessed by the whole world and when the hunt is on, Songsalive! is a one-stop song shop! We run our own programs and events for songwriters, and also act as an umbrella, or a link in the chain, for songwriters to know and find out other events, resources and support centers for them, globally. Check out our events and calendar online www.songsalive.org
More about Songsalive! in Los Angeles www.songsalive.org
Songsalive! Supporting and promoting songwriters worldwide
http://www.songsalive.org
Grand Ole Opry to add country classics to lineup
Nashville will have a new entertainment option on Thursday nights next year when the Grand Ole Opry adds Opry Country Classics to its current line-up of Tuesday, Friday and Saturday performances.
The all-new addition to the Opry’s schedule will shine a spotlight on the classic country songs that have defined country music for generations of fans. Opry Country Classics will share country music’s colorful story through a live performance featuring country favorites performed by legends of the genre as well as talented new artists, a rousing live band, square dancing, and more. Like current Opry broadcasts, the show will be heard on 650 WSM-AM.
“We are pleased to introduce this new show that celebrates country music’s incredible legacy by showcasing its most familiar and beloved songs performed by the legends that made them
famous as well as rising stars,” said Steve Buchanan, president of the Grand Ole Opry Group. “The programming in Opry Country Classics is a perfect complement to our Grand Ole Opry performances featuring the new stars, superstars and legends of country music.”
Opry member Marty Stuart said, “I was raised in Mississippi, where we were immersed in the blues, rock n’ roll, and jazz, but it was the country music I heard that touched my heart. The sounds beaming from that 650 WSM signal seemed to beckon me to Nashville. I’m looking forward to performing some of those same great timeless songs for country fans on Thursdays next year. Let ‘er go, boys!”
“The Grand Ole Opry is one of Nashville’s signature attractions and it’s always exciting when we provide one more reason for people to visit us in Music City,” said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. “The Thursday shows will be a great way to celebrate songs that were born in Nashville and have become world-famous standards.”
“The Grand Ole Opry has been instrumental in making Tennessee the center of the music world while positioning Nashville as ‘Music City,’” said Susan Whitaker, commissioner, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. “We look forward to spreading the word about this addition to the Grand Ole Opry’s schedule as an important part of a musical mix unmatched by any other state.”
Opry fans will be able to purchase tickets for Opry Country Classics alone or packaged alongside traditional Opry performances.
The Opry’s 2009 schedule of shows includes more than 200 performances:
Tuesday -- 7 p.m. March 2 – Dec. 15
Opry Country Classics-- Thursday, 7 p.m. March 26 – June 18 and Sept. 10 – Oct. 29
Friday -- 8 p.m. year-round
Saturday -- 7 p.m. year-round
Saturday -- 9:30 p.m. (March – April, June – July, Sept. – Dec.)
Opry Country Classics shows will go on sale next month. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 2009 Opry shows are on sale now at opry.com and at 800-SEE-OPRY. The Grand Ole Opry® is presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®.
About the Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry presents the best in country music live every week from Nashville, Tenn. A uniquely American experience for more than 80 years, the Opry can be heard on 650 WSM-AM, XM Satellite Radio, and opry.com. The syndicated weekly program, America’s Grand Ole Opry Weekend, airs on more than 200 country radio stations across the country and on the Armed Forces Radio Network, and Opry Live airs each weekend on Great American Country (GAC) and CMT Canada. The Grand Ole Opry is owned by Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET), a Nashville-based hospitality and entertainment company that also owns and operates Gaylord Hotels. For more information, visit opry.com or www.gaylordentertainment.com
The all-new addition to the Opry’s schedule will shine a spotlight on the classic country songs that have defined country music for generations of fans. Opry Country Classics will share country music’s colorful story through a live performance featuring country favorites performed by legends of the genre as well as talented new artists, a rousing live band, square dancing, and more. Like current Opry broadcasts, the show will be heard on 650 WSM-AM.
“We are pleased to introduce this new show that celebrates country music’s incredible legacy by showcasing its most familiar and beloved songs performed by the legends that made them
famous as well as rising stars,” said Steve Buchanan, president of the Grand Ole Opry Group. “The programming in Opry Country Classics is a perfect complement to our Grand Ole Opry performances featuring the new stars, superstars and legends of country music.”
Opry member Marty Stuart said, “I was raised in Mississippi, where we were immersed in the blues, rock n’ roll, and jazz, but it was the country music I heard that touched my heart. The sounds beaming from that 650 WSM signal seemed to beckon me to Nashville. I’m looking forward to performing some of those same great timeless songs for country fans on Thursdays next year. Let ‘er go, boys!”
“The Grand Ole Opry is one of Nashville’s signature attractions and it’s always exciting when we provide one more reason for people to visit us in Music City,” said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. “The Thursday shows will be a great way to celebrate songs that were born in Nashville and have become world-famous standards.”
“The Grand Ole Opry has been instrumental in making Tennessee the center of the music world while positioning Nashville as ‘Music City,’” said Susan Whitaker, commissioner, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. “We look forward to spreading the word about this addition to the Grand Ole Opry’s schedule as an important part of a musical mix unmatched by any other state.”
Opry fans will be able to purchase tickets for Opry Country Classics alone or packaged alongside traditional Opry performances.
The Opry’s 2009 schedule of shows includes more than 200 performances:
Tuesday -- 7 p.m. March 2 – Dec. 15
Opry Country Classics-- Thursday, 7 p.m. March 26 – June 18 and Sept. 10 – Oct. 29
Friday -- 8 p.m. year-round
Saturday -- 7 p.m. year-round
Saturday -- 9:30 p.m. (March – April, June – July, Sept. – Dec.)
Opry Country Classics shows will go on sale next month. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 2009 Opry shows are on sale now at opry.com and at 800-SEE-OPRY. The Grand Ole Opry® is presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®.
About the Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry presents the best in country music live every week from Nashville, Tenn. A uniquely American experience for more than 80 years, the Opry can be heard on 650 WSM-AM, XM Satellite Radio, and opry.com. The syndicated weekly program, America’s Grand Ole Opry Weekend, airs on more than 200 country radio stations across the country and on the Armed Forces Radio Network, and Opry Live airs each weekend on Great American Country (GAC) and CMT Canada. The Grand Ole Opry is owned by Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET), a Nashville-based hospitality and entertainment company that also owns and operates Gaylord Hotels. For more information, visit opry.com or www.gaylordentertainment.com
Drums Corps International at the movies
Precision marching, resounding percussion and the ability to rock the stadium** are once again featured in the Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championship Quarterfinals in its exclusive, annual in-theatre event Big, Loud & Live 5 on Thursday, August 7th. Celebrating its fifth anniversary in bringing the best-of-the-best marching music ensembles to the big screen, the 2008 DCI World Championship Quarterfinals will be seen in more than 340 movie theatres this year – nearly triple the number of venues from last year.
Tickets for Big, Loud & Live 5, presented by NCM Fathom in High Definition with 5.1 audio, are available at presenting theatre box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of presenting theatre locations and prices please visit the website (theatres are subject to change).
Fans can experience these powerful corps performances from Indiana University’s Memorial Stadium LIVE on the big screen on Thursday, Aug. 7th at 6:00 p.m. Eastern / 5:00 p.m. Central / 4:00 p.m. Mountain / 3:00 p.m. Pacific exclusively at more than 340 select AMC Entertainment Inc, Celebration! Cinema, Cinemark USA Inc., Goodrich Quality Theaters, Georgia Theatre Co., Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres, Marcus Theatres, Malco Theaters, National Amusements and Regal Entertainment Group movie theatres, as well as the Penn Cinema (Lititz, PA) through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network – North America’s largest cinema broadcast network.
Hosting more than 35 World Championships in 16 North American cities since its founding in 1972, DCI continues the in-theatre tradition again this year with the 2008 World Championship Quarterfinals featuring the top 15 World Class drum corps performing their competitive programs in their entirety. The event will also include highlight clips of the first five corps that performed earlier in the day preceeding the live simulcast. Drum corps competing in the 2008 DCI World Championship Quarterfinals include:
The Academy - Tempe, AZ
Blue Devils - Concord, CA
Blue Knights - Denver, CO
Blue Stars – La Crosse, WI
Bluecoats - Canton, OH
Boston Crusaders - Boston, MA
The Cadets - Allentown, PA
Carolina Crown - Ft. Mill, SC
The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL
Colts - Dubuque, IA
Crossmen - San Antonio, TX
Glassmen - Toledo, OH
Madison Scouts - Madison, WI
Mandarins - Sacramento, CA
Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA
Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL
Pioneer - Milwaukee, WI
Santa Clara Vanguard - Santa Clara, CA
Spirit - Jacksonville, AL
Troopers - Casper, WY
Tickets for Big, Loud & Live 5, presented by NCM Fathom in High Definition with 5.1 audio, are available at presenting theatre box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of presenting theatre locations and prices please visit the website (theatres are subject to change).
Fans can experience these powerful corps performances from Indiana University’s Memorial Stadium LIVE on the big screen on Thursday, Aug. 7th at 6:00 p.m. Eastern / 5:00 p.m. Central / 4:00 p.m. Mountain / 3:00 p.m. Pacific exclusively at more than 340 select AMC Entertainment Inc, Celebration! Cinema, Cinemark USA Inc., Goodrich Quality Theaters, Georgia Theatre Co., Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres, Marcus Theatres, Malco Theaters, National Amusements and Regal Entertainment Group movie theatres, as well as the Penn Cinema (Lititz, PA) through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network – North America’s largest cinema broadcast network.
Hosting more than 35 World Championships in 16 North American cities since its founding in 1972, DCI continues the in-theatre tradition again this year with the 2008 World Championship Quarterfinals featuring the top 15 World Class drum corps performing their competitive programs in their entirety. The event will also include highlight clips of the first five corps that performed earlier in the day preceeding the live simulcast. Drum corps competing in the 2008 DCI World Championship Quarterfinals include:
The Academy - Tempe, AZ
Blue Devils - Concord, CA
Blue Knights - Denver, CO
Blue Stars – La Crosse, WI
Bluecoats - Canton, OH
Boston Crusaders - Boston, MA
The Cadets - Allentown, PA
Carolina Crown - Ft. Mill, SC
The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL
Colts - Dubuque, IA
Crossmen - San Antonio, TX
Glassmen - Toledo, OH
Madison Scouts - Madison, WI
Mandarins - Sacramento, CA
Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA
Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL
Pioneer - Milwaukee, WI
Santa Clara Vanguard - Santa Clara, CA
Spirit - Jacksonville, AL
Troopers - Casper, WY
Chiodos getting raves and going on tour
With frontman Craig Owens appearing on the latest cover of Alternative Press--for the second time in less than a year (October 2007, September 2008)--Flint, MI's CHIODOS continue to gain momentum, almost a year after the release of their hugely successful second album BONE PALACE BALLET. Released in September 2007 on indie label Equal Vision Records, the album debuted at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. Critical praise for their compelling post-hardcore music--from outlets, including New York Times, Blender, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, Revolver, Village Voice and UK's Kerrang! (see quotes below)--has helped bolster sales of the set to over 157,000 copies.
A mainstay on the road, with international appearances spanning clubs, arenas and major rock festivals, CHIODOS has announced their latest tour: a co-headlining fall U.S. trek with Motion City Soundtrack. Set to kick off September 22 in Louisville, KY, the band will bookend the tour with headlining shows across the continental U.S., Alaska and Mexico. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the public Friday, July 25, check www.myspace.com/chiodos for more information.
CHIODOS--OWENS (vocals), BRADLEY BELL (keyboards), PAT McMANAMAN (guitar), MATT GODDARD (bass), JASON HALE (guitar) and DERRICK FROST (drums)--have also announced they will release a special edition of BONE PALACE BALLET due out this fall; the CD will include brand new songs and a 30-minute teaser of their upcoming concert DVD, title TBA, coming in early 2009.
CHIODOS Tour Dates:
Sun
8/10
Syracuse, NY
Lost Horizon
Sat
8/16
Poplar Grove, IL
Chubby Rain House
Headlining dates w/ The Showdown, Dr. Manhattan and Forever in a Day
Fri
8/29
Toledo, OH
Toledo Civic Theatre
Sat
8/30
Lexington, KY
Downtown Arts Center
Sun
8/31
Memphis, TN
New Daisy Theatre
Headlining dates
Fri
9/12
Anchorage, AK
Club Millennium
Sat
9/13
Fairbanks, AK
Chena Convention Center
Co-headlining with Motion City Soundtrack, Hit the Lights and Person L
Mon
9/22
Louisville, KY
Club Oasis
Tue
9/23
Columbus, OH
Newport Music Hall
Thu
9/25
Johnson City, NY
Magic City Music Hall
Fri
9/26
Clifton Park, NY
Northern Lights
Sat
9/27
Providence, RI
Lupo's at The Strand
Sun
9/28
New Haven, CT
Toad's Place
Tue
9/30
Richmond, VA
The National
Wed
10/1
Raleigh, NC
Lincoln Theater
Thu
10/2
Nashville, TN
Rocketown
International dates
Fri
11/21
Monterey, MX
Café Iguana
Sat
11/22
Mexico City, MX
Hard Rock Live
Sun
11/23
Mexico City, MX
Hard Rock Live
A mainstay on the road, with international appearances spanning clubs, arenas and major rock festivals, CHIODOS has announced their latest tour: a co-headlining fall U.S. trek with Motion City Soundtrack. Set to kick off September 22 in Louisville, KY, the band will bookend the tour with headlining shows across the continental U.S., Alaska and Mexico. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the public Friday, July 25, check www.myspace.com/chiodos for more information.
CHIODOS--OWENS (vocals), BRADLEY BELL (keyboards), PAT McMANAMAN (guitar), MATT GODDARD (bass), JASON HALE (guitar) and DERRICK FROST (drums)--have also announced they will release a special edition of BONE PALACE BALLET due out this fall; the CD will include brand new songs and a 30-minute teaser of their upcoming concert DVD, title TBA, coming in early 2009.
CHIODOS Tour Dates:
Sun
8/10
Syracuse, NY
Lost Horizon
Sat
8/16
Poplar Grove, IL
Chubby Rain House
Headlining dates w/ The Showdown, Dr. Manhattan and Forever in a Day
Fri
8/29
Toledo, OH
Toledo Civic Theatre
Sat
8/30
Lexington, KY
Downtown Arts Center
Sun
8/31
Memphis, TN
New Daisy Theatre
Headlining dates
Fri
9/12
Anchorage, AK
Club Millennium
Sat
9/13
Fairbanks, AK
Chena Convention Center
Co-headlining with Motion City Soundtrack, Hit the Lights and Person L
Mon
9/22
Louisville, KY
Club Oasis
Tue
9/23
Columbus, OH
Newport Music Hall
Thu
9/25
Johnson City, NY
Magic City Music Hall
Fri
9/26
Clifton Park, NY
Northern Lights
Sat
9/27
Providence, RI
Lupo's at The Strand
Sun
9/28
New Haven, CT
Toad's Place
Tue
9/30
Richmond, VA
The National
Wed
10/1
Raleigh, NC
Lincoln Theater
Thu
10/2
Nashville, TN
Rocketown
International dates
Fri
11/21
Monterey, MX
Café Iguana
Sat
11/22
Mexico City, MX
Hard Rock Live
Sun
11/23
Mexico City, MX
Hard Rock Live
Chromeo to be featured on Live From Daryl's House
Daryl Hall’s free web-show, Live From Daryl’s House, has become a destination for music fans seeking the latest in up-and-coming artists. The 10th edition, which can be seen on www.livefromdarylshouse.com, starting August 15, will feature highly touted, two-man Canadian electrofunk outfit Chromeo.
The Montreal-based pair is made up of Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) on guitar and vocals and P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) on keyboards, synthesizers and talk box. They’ve released two albums, including 2004’s She’s In Control and 2007’s Fancy Footwork, both on prestigious indie label Vice. The band was named MTV’s Artist of the Week in Oct. 2007. The set included a pair of Daryl Hall & John Oates hits, “Family Man” and “Adult Education” as well as Chromeo songs, “Tenderoni” and “Waiting 4 U”
“It's not every day that you meet the single biggest influence of your band, let alone get to jam with them in a laid back and creative atmosphere,” says Chromeo’s Dave 1. “Filming Live From Daryl’s House was one of the highlights of our musical journey. We'll be pinching ourselves for years for come. Given that he pretty much wrote half our songs, it was about time we met Daryl Hall in real life.”
The show with Chromeo can be seen exclusively at www.livefromdarylshouse.com starting August 15 at 8:00 pm EST.
Past episodes of the series have featured a mix of well-known performers like Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall and Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, as well as newcomers such as Austin, TX-based acoustic guitarist and songwriter Monte Montgomery and Philly soul singer Mutlu.
Daryl Hall’s “light bulb moment” of “playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet” has received kudos from Rolling Stone and the influential Lefsetz Letter.
Live from Daryl’s House has taken place at Hall’s residences in New York and London, as well as at the SXSW confab in Austin, TX, with plans to record at his other homes in New England and the Bahamas.
“These collaborations have really reinvigorated my music, both as a solo artist and in the stuff I do with John and the band,” says Daryl. “And the response continues to be overwhelming.”
The Montreal-based pair is made up of Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) on guitar and vocals and P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) on keyboards, synthesizers and talk box. They’ve released two albums, including 2004’s She’s In Control and 2007’s Fancy Footwork, both on prestigious indie label Vice. The band was named MTV’s Artist of the Week in Oct. 2007. The set included a pair of Daryl Hall & John Oates hits, “Family Man” and “Adult Education” as well as Chromeo songs, “Tenderoni” and “Waiting 4 U”
“It's not every day that you meet the single biggest influence of your band, let alone get to jam with them in a laid back and creative atmosphere,” says Chromeo’s Dave 1. “Filming Live From Daryl’s House was one of the highlights of our musical journey. We'll be pinching ourselves for years for come. Given that he pretty much wrote half our songs, it was about time we met Daryl Hall in real life.”
The show with Chromeo can be seen exclusively at www.livefromdarylshouse.com starting August 15 at 8:00 pm EST.
Past episodes of the series have featured a mix of well-known performers like Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall and Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, as well as newcomers such as Austin, TX-based acoustic guitarist and songwriter Monte Montgomery and Philly soul singer Mutlu.
Daryl Hall’s “light bulb moment” of “playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet” has received kudos from Rolling Stone and the influential Lefsetz Letter.
Live from Daryl’s House has taken place at Hall’s residences in New York and London, as well as at the SXSW confab in Austin, TX, with plans to record at his other homes in New England and the Bahamas.
“These collaborations have really reinvigorated my music, both as a solo artist and in the stuff I do with John and the band,” says Daryl. “And the response continues to be overwhelming.”
Don't miss the Black Dahlia Murder bus tour
Black Dahlia Murder Bus Tour Discovers A Ghost Where Beth Short Checked Her Bags
WHAT: Esotouric's Real Black Dahlia Crime Bus Tour
WHEN: Saturday August 16, 12pm-4pm
WHERE: Departing from The Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 5th & Olive, L.A.
FYI: Despite the myths, the Biltmore was the actually second-to-last place Beth Short was seen alive; this tour goes to the real last spot as well.
COST: $58/person (15% off for KCRW members)
INFO: http://www.esotouric.com, 323-223-2767
Since January 1947, one iconic murder mystery has lingered unsolved at the forefront of the American imagination, with dozens of books, films and websites dedicated to solving the slaying of Beth Short, the Massachusetts girl who came to Hollywood hoping to make it, and ended up cut in two in a vacant lot. Suspects in the Black Dahlia murder have included L.A. Times publisher Norman Chandler and Orson Welles, crazed lesbians, twisted drifters and more than one writer's father, but still the mystery abides.
When Esotouric launched their offbeat L.A. crime tours in spring 2007, The Real Black Dahlia was an immediate hit, and has remained their most popular tour. Esotouric recently updated the tour, and it now begins at the historic Biltmore Hotel lobby where Beth Short spent some of last moments before vanishing. Among the new tour stops is a visit inside the original Greyhound Bus Terminal where Beth checked her bags, bags which would become the King Tut's Tomb of true crime reportage when located by newspapermen. Inside the moody, spooky Greyhound Terminal, now a nest of tiny shops, tour guides will share the newly discovered tale of the building's lady ghost. Is it Beth, or some other lost soul?
The Real Black Dahlia tour dedicates itself to revealing who victim Elizabeth Short really was by exploring her life in Los Angeles from mid 1946 to her January 1947 murder through examination of the police investigation and news coverage. The various theories are up for discussion during the onboard Q&A sections, and the hosts share their idea of who the killer might have been, but the focus is firmly on the 22-year-old woman whose death continues to fascinate. Along the way, passengers will explore the social history of postwar Los Angeles and its lively downtown scene and learn the role the city played in Short's mysterious death.
The tour begins at the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, where Beth Short went after checking her bags at the Greyhound Terminal. Many people mistakenly believe this was the last place she was seen alive. Passengers will tour the beautifully restored hotel before heading south, to the low rent Olive Street bar where she met her murderer. The Downtown portion of the tour includes the Examiner newspaper offices, where the crime became myth, and the Figueroa Hotel, where Short stayed in happier times.
The bus then heads west towards Leimert Park and the formerly vacant lot where Short's bisected body was discovered on January 15, 1947. Also in this neighborhood, passengers visit the site of another unsolved 1947 kidnap-murder and the home of Dr. Walter Bayley, who has emerged in recent years as the most compelling suspect, with his personal ties to Beth Short's family and the crime scene, and the surgical skill needed to bisect the body.
The tour includes a cop-approved snack stop for Krispy Kreme donuts near the body dump site.
Also featured: a special presentation from cosmetics historian Joan Renner exploring Beth Short's unusual proto-goth make up, so different from the popular girl next store look of 1947, and a key to understanding her psychology.
Passengers on this eye-opening and informative tour will leave with a new understanding of the Black Dahlia case and what it was like to be a single woman in 1940s Los Angeles. It is highly recommended for natives and newcomers, crime and history buffs and anyone who likes to seek out the unexpected.
Upcoming Esotouric bus tour schedule (new tours starred):
Sat July 26 - Pasadena Confidential with Crimebo the Clown
Sat Aug.2 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: Route 66
*Sat Aug 9- Vroman's Bookstore Haunts of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowki's LA
Sat Aug 16 - The Real Black Dahlia
Sat Aug 23 Skylight Books - John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill
*Sat Aug 30 - Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits' LA
Sun Sept 7 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: South LA
Sat Sept 13 - Blood & Dumplings
Sat Sept 20 Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The Many Downtowns
*Sat Oct 4 Bodhi Tree Visionary Hollywood
*Sat Oct 11- Vroman's Bookstore - Raymond Chandler's LA
Sat Oct 18- Raymond Chandler's Bay City
Sat Oct 25 Halloween Horrors with Crimebo the Clown
For more info on Esotouric, visit http://www.esotouric.com
For more on the Dr. Walter Bayley theory, visit Larry Harnisch's "Heaven is Here" website http://www.lmharnisch.com/
WHAT: Esotouric's Real Black Dahlia Crime Bus Tour
WHEN: Saturday August 16, 12pm-4pm
WHERE: Departing from The Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 5th & Olive, L.A.
FYI: Despite the myths, the Biltmore was the actually second-to-last place Beth Short was seen alive; this tour goes to the real last spot as well.
COST: $58/person (15% off for KCRW members)
INFO: http://www.esotouric.com, 323-223-2767
Since January 1947, one iconic murder mystery has lingered unsolved at the forefront of the American imagination, with dozens of books, films and websites dedicated to solving the slaying of Beth Short, the Massachusetts girl who came to Hollywood hoping to make it, and ended up cut in two in a vacant lot. Suspects in the Black Dahlia murder have included L.A. Times publisher Norman Chandler and Orson Welles, crazed lesbians, twisted drifters and more than one writer's father, but still the mystery abides.
When Esotouric launched their offbeat L.A. crime tours in spring 2007, The Real Black Dahlia was an immediate hit, and has remained their most popular tour. Esotouric recently updated the tour, and it now begins at the historic Biltmore Hotel lobby where Beth Short spent some of last moments before vanishing. Among the new tour stops is a visit inside the original Greyhound Bus Terminal where Beth checked her bags, bags which would become the King Tut's Tomb of true crime reportage when located by newspapermen. Inside the moody, spooky Greyhound Terminal, now a nest of tiny shops, tour guides will share the newly discovered tale of the building's lady ghost. Is it Beth, or some other lost soul?
The Real Black Dahlia tour dedicates itself to revealing who victim Elizabeth Short really was by exploring her life in Los Angeles from mid 1946 to her January 1947 murder through examination of the police investigation and news coverage. The various theories are up for discussion during the onboard Q&A sections, and the hosts share their idea of who the killer might have been, but the focus is firmly on the 22-year-old woman whose death continues to fascinate. Along the way, passengers will explore the social history of postwar Los Angeles and its lively downtown scene and learn the role the city played in Short's mysterious death.
The tour begins at the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, where Beth Short went after checking her bags at the Greyhound Terminal. Many people mistakenly believe this was the last place she was seen alive. Passengers will tour the beautifully restored hotel before heading south, to the low rent Olive Street bar where she met her murderer. The Downtown portion of the tour includes the Examiner newspaper offices, where the crime became myth, and the Figueroa Hotel, where Short stayed in happier times.
The bus then heads west towards Leimert Park and the formerly vacant lot where Short's bisected body was discovered on January 15, 1947. Also in this neighborhood, passengers visit the site of another unsolved 1947 kidnap-murder and the home of Dr. Walter Bayley, who has emerged in recent years as the most compelling suspect, with his personal ties to Beth Short's family and the crime scene, and the surgical skill needed to bisect the body.
The tour includes a cop-approved snack stop for Krispy Kreme donuts near the body dump site.
Also featured: a special presentation from cosmetics historian Joan Renner exploring Beth Short's unusual proto-goth make up, so different from the popular girl next store look of 1947, and a key to understanding her psychology.
Passengers on this eye-opening and informative tour will leave with a new understanding of the Black Dahlia case and what it was like to be a single woman in 1940s Los Angeles. It is highly recommended for natives and newcomers, crime and history buffs and anyone who likes to seek out the unexpected.
Upcoming Esotouric bus tour schedule (new tours starred):
Sat July 26 - Pasadena Confidential with Crimebo the Clown
Sat Aug.2 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: Route 66
*Sat Aug 9- Vroman's Bookstore Haunts of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowki's LA
Sat Aug 16 - The Real Black Dahlia
Sat Aug 23 Skylight Books - John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill
*Sat Aug 30 - Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits' LA
Sun Sept 7 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: South LA
Sat Sept 13 - Blood & Dumplings
Sat Sept 20 Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The Many Downtowns
*Sat Oct 4 Bodhi Tree Visionary Hollywood
*Sat Oct 11- Vroman's Bookstore - Raymond Chandler's LA
Sat Oct 18- Raymond Chandler's Bay City
Sat Oct 25 Halloween Horrors with Crimebo the Clown
For more info on Esotouric, visit http://www.esotouric.com
For more on the Dr. Walter Bayley theory, visit Larry Harnisch's "Heaven is Here" website http://www.lmharnisch.com/
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Seeking lost dog
This is Dave the Dogman, the rescuer. Yesterday I obtained a female bassett hound that I brought to Claremont Pooch Park in the evening.
Another park user agreed to watch her for the night. At 1 AM, she telephoned me and told me I had to pick the dog up at 7 PM.At 6:35 AM, I phoned her and told her I would be there at 7 AM. She told me to meet her at the park.
I arrived at 7 AM but neither she or the dog were in sight. At 7:20 AM I went to her house and asked her what was up. She told me that at 6:35 AM when I called, she brought the bassett hound to the dog park and LEFT HER THERE UNSUPERVISED. Of course she was gone when I arrived at 7 AM.
Hopefully, she was taken by a park user who believed she was abandoned. I put a note on the bulletin board, and, of course, I'll be at the park at 6:30 AM. I contacted the Claremont Police and the Inland Valley Humane Society but they have had no reports.
Could you send a query out to the list members to discover if someone on the list took her or saw anything?
Thanks.
Dave Null
909-538-1524
mutt.rescue@gmail.com
Another park user agreed to watch her for the night. At 1 AM, she telephoned me and told me I had to pick the dog up at 7 PM.At 6:35 AM, I phoned her and told her I would be there at 7 AM. She told me to meet her at the park.
I arrived at 7 AM but neither she or the dog were in sight. At 7:20 AM I went to her house and asked her what was up. She told me that at 6:35 AM when I called, she brought the bassett hound to the dog park and LEFT HER THERE UNSUPERVISED. Of course she was gone when I arrived at 7 AM.
Hopefully, she was taken by a park user who believed she was abandoned. I put a note on the bulletin board, and, of course, I'll be at the park at 6:30 AM. I contacted the Claremont Police and the Inland Valley Humane Society but they have had no reports.
Could you send a query out to the list members to discover if someone on the list took her or saw anything?
Thanks.
Dave Null
909-538-1524
mutt.rescue@gmail.com
Support local music with Sierra Madre Sue
Pictured with me this week: my softball teammate Chief - pitcher, 1st baseman, and longball hitter; my friend Ed - king of the self portrait with a disposable camera - I think his record is 8 people in one shot; and my fellow oldies fan and juke box afficianado Wayne, who can name that tune in fewer notes than most people I know. One man - 3 names.He also served in the U.S. Army in the 60's and retired from the U.S. Postal service after 31 years. So it's only fitting that we're celebrating his 60th Birthday Party at the American Legion Post 280 (in the 91107) this Saturday, July 26th with Pasadena's premiere Oldies and One-hit-wonder band Snotty Scotty & the Hankies! Sharing the stage and alternating sets will be the Hillbilly Hippie Rock band Horses on Astroturf, to complete the 60's Summer Dance theme.
The event is open to the public and admission is $10, which goes to the bands. $2 homemade chili and full no host bar available, proceeds benefitting the Sons of the American Legion's charity programs.
See details below....
tonite!!! WED. 7/23 - THE SURFING SAFARIS @ TEMPLE CITY PARK, Performing Arts Pavilion, 7 - 9pm. 9701 Las Tunas Dr. 626-285-2171. FREE, all ages, seating on the green. Food/drinks available for purchase. Beach Party/Surf tunes. Dave Batti of John Stewart's band on bass.
FRI. 7/25 - DAVE OSTI AND DEANNA COGAN @ THE MAYAN BAR (inside the Aztec Hotel) in MONROVIA, 6 - 9pm Happy Hour. 311 W. Foothill Blvd. 626-358-3231. NO COVER. Full bar, limited food menu. Acoustic Guitar, vocals. JORGY'S Birthday Bash! http://www.davidvalentinoosti.com/.com/
FRI. 7/25 - "SWING DANCE PARTY" with FLAT TOP TOM @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 8 - 11pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. "Pizza, Martinis and dancing the night away to great swing and blues!!! God bless!!" http://www.flattoptom.com/
FRI. 7/25 - STEEL ROD @ BARNEY'S GRILL & PUB IN PASADENA. 93 W. Colorado Blvd. Call for time: 626-577-2739. Full kitchen. No cover. Rock to Salsa.
FRI. 7/25 - FATSO JETSON and THE BLACK WIDOWS @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9ish, with Mario & Larry of Cafe 322's Fatso going on late. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover. ROCK.
SAT. 7/26 - SCREAMING PEACOCK JEWELRY TRUNK SHOW @ SIERRA MADRE BOOKS STORE, 10am - 6pm. Local designer Alaina D'Ambrosia-Donner will be introducing new hand-made items and all jewelry will be 10% off! 18 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-3200.
SAT. 7/26 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. Saturday BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SAT. 7/26 - VIN FIZ FLYER @ STRINGS MUSIC (aka Fretted Products) IN GLENDORA, 8 - 10am - YES - IN THE MORNING! 146 N. Glendora Ave. 626-914-4100. Vintage cars on display, breakfast available for purchase.
and THEN......
you'll find VIN FIZ FLYER wandering about (and playing) the GLENDORA STREET FAIR on North Glendora Ave., starting at 11am. "Bluegrass with a bit more fiz!" www.myspace.com/vinfizflyerband
SAT. 7/26 - STEVEN RADICE, 7pm and BARRY SCHWAM, 8:30pm @ SIERRA CUP IN MONROVIA. 409 S. Myrtle Ave. 626-301-4214. Coffee, ice cream, pastries, etc. Acoustic folk, novelty songs, unique instruments, etc!
SAT. 7/26 - SNOTTY SCOTTY & THE HANKIES and HORSES ON ASTROTURF @ THE AMERICAN LEGION, POST 280 IN PASADENA, 7pm. 179 N. Vinedo. 626-792-9938. $10 admission - goes to the bands, who will alternate sets. The Sons of the American Legion's 60'S SUMMER DANCE PARTY AND 60th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR "CHIEF" "ED" WAYNE GALLEGOS - the man with so many names! All you Eds and Ednas are invited to attend. Chili available for $2. Raffle prizes, including a TV! Full bar, cheap drinks! BIG dance floor, outdoor patio, pool table. Loads of groovy fun!
SAT. 7/26 - THE SUPERSTITIONS @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 8 - 11pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. Blues, R&B, Zydeco. http://www.myspace.com/theesuperstitionstheesuperstitions
SAT. 7/26 - BETTER THAN BLUE @ MY WAY LOUNGE IN LA CRESCENTA, 9pm. 2959 Honolulu Ave. 818-249-4676. Full bar. Rock, Soul and Blues. Felicia, Danny, Joe & Buggs.
SAT. 7/26 - MERCY & THE MERKETTES @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9:30pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Full bar, no cover. R&B, Funk, Disco, Motown. Andrea's ongoing Birthday celebration.
SUN. 7/27 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SUN. 7/27 - the return of GRANT PARK SOFTBALL - hopefully! What Chief wants for his birthday! CORNER OF CORDOVA & MICHIGAN IN PASADENA, 3 BLOCKS WEST OF PCC. BATTING PRACTICE 11:30, GAME TIME ASAP. BRING YOUR GLOVE, BAT, CHAIR, ICE CHEST, LUNCH, ETC. ALL ARE WELCOME! The field is first come - first served & we're takin' our chances!
SUN. 7/27 - Have Lunch with NEW ASTROTURF @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 1:30 - 4:30pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food in a comfy setting. Acoustic Folk/Rock, Classic Country. The continuing Birthday celebration for Chad, Greg, Andrea (and Chief, if we get chased out of Grant Park!) SUN. 7/27 - "OPERA TO BROADWAY" VOCAL PERFORMANCES @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 7pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. Every Sunday evening. Get there early - they pack 'em in!
WED. 7/30 - aka MAX BUDA @ THE OLD TOWNE PUB IN PASADENA, 9pm. Corner of Fair Oaks & Union, behind the Container Store. Enter thru alley off of Holly Ave. No cover, beer only (wine maybe?) Eclectic Jazzy Blues Rock (!) and no - Bruen's not back in this band either.
THURS. 7/31 - LISA FINNIE & FRIENDS @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 8 - 11pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. No cover, all ages. Beautiful and talented Country/Western torch singer and guitar player, who always has some quality musicians backing her up - and I know Marc Doten will be on bass. I'm looking forward to seeing Lisa make her debut at one of my favorite venues, and hope to see ALL OF YOU there as well!
FRI. 8/1 - DAVE OSTI AND DEANNA COGAN (The MELLOW D's) @ THE MAYAN BAR (inside the Aztec Hotel) in MONROVIA, 6 - 9pm Happy Hour. 311 W. Foothill Blvd. 626-358-3231. NO COVER. Full bar, limited food menu. Acoustic Guitar, vocals. http://www.davidvalentinoosti.com/.com/
8/1 - 1st FRIDAY ART CLUB OPENING AND PARTY @ McGINTY'S GALLERY AT THE END OF THE WORLD IN ALTADENA, 7pm - 1am. 2475 N. Lake Ave. 626-794-8779. $5. Group Art show. Live music by THE SUNDOWNERS and ALMASE ARABESQUE belly dancing duo. Followed by Potluck BBQ & Open Mic on Saturday and Mimosa & Bloody Mary Brunch on Sunday.
FRI. 8/1 - JETSTREAM @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover, lots o' free parking in back. "High Altitude Rock" from Jet and friends.
SAT. 8/2 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. Saturday BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SAT. 8/2 - Open Mic Night @ the FRETHOUSE in Covina. 309 N. Citrus Ave. (626) 339-7020. Always on the first Saturday of the month, and just one dollar for performers or audience. Sign-up starts at 7:30. If there aren't enough slots for everybody they'll make a list for the next month, and call you. Each act gets two songs or ten minutes, whichever comes first. The show starts at 8:00. They'll have desserts and coffee ready. Bring your friends and family and join the show! www.covina.com/frethouse/
SAT. 8/2 - CAIN ENABLERS @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover, cheap drinks, friendly service! BLUES. Rick, Pete, Bruce, etc. Nobody jumped off the Bridge!
SAT. 8/2 - DAVID SERBY @ THE PRESS IN CLAREMONT, 10pm. 129 Harvard Ave. 909-625-4808. FREE. Americana/Country singer/songwriter & really nice guy!
SAT. 8/2 - MARTINI DIARIES featuring JEFF STETSON & friends @ COLOMBO'S ITALIAN STEAK HOUSE IN EAGLE ROCK, 10pm - 1am. 1833 Colorado Blvd. 323-254-9138. Full kitchen & bar. Jeff sez: first set will be Jazz & then evolve into "Acid-Lounge-Jazz-Rock!" 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month.
SUN. 8/3 - SNOTTY SCOTTY & THE HANKIES @ THE 2nd ANNUAL NAKED CROW MOUNTAIN BIKE CHALLENGE IN ALTADENA, 10am - 12pm. Concert is FREE. Event starts at 6am with registration, a pancake breakfast at 8am, vendor booths, beer garden at 10am, and more. http://www.altadenanakedcrowmtnbikechallenge.com/AboutThisRace.htm
SUN. 8/3 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SUN. 8/3 - THE MERCY POWELL QUARTET @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 1:30 - 4:30pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd . 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. No cover, all ages. Mercy, Josh, Marc & Peter Burke doin' some standards & jazzy stuff for your dining & listening pleasure!
SUN. 8/3 - WRECK 'N' SOW @ BARN BURNER RESTAURANT IN PASADENA, 5 - 8pm. 1000 S. Fair Oaks Ave. 626-403-RIBS. BBQ, beer, wine. Fun Bluegrass stuff w/great harmonies & snazzy overalls! The Dupuy Brothers and friends. http://www.wrecknsow.com/
SUN. 8/3 - ALUMINUM MARSHMALLOW with the AGE OF AQUARIUS HORNS @ MEMORIAL PARK IN SIERRA MADRE, 6 - 8pm. FREE Concert in the Park sponsored by this year's 4th of July Parade Grand Marshals, the Sierra Madre Volunteer Fire Department, who will be offering free soft drinks. Bring your own dinner. All ages, lawn seating. Classic 60's & 70's Rock from Sierra Madre's favorite band!
SUN. 8/3 - "OPERA TO BROADWAY" VOCAL PERFORMANCES @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 7pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. Every Sunday evening. Get there early - they pack 'em in!
SUN. 8/3 - VIN FIZ FLYER @ SIERRA CUP IN MONROVIA, 8pm. 409 S. Myrtle Ave. 626-304-4214. Coffee, pastries, frozen yogurt, etc. "Bluegrass with a bit more fiz!"
MON. 8/4 - THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE @ COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE IN ALTADENA, 8pm. $20 admission. 2029 N. Lake Ave. Call for reservations: 626-398-7917. "One of the most historical Western bands in the world." Definitely worth the dough to see them in this intimate setting if you've never seen them before.
OR....
you can see them do a one hour set for FREE in this outdoor venue the next night:
TUES. 8/5 - THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE @ LEVITT PAVILION IN PASADENA, 6 - 7pm. Corner of Raymond & Walnut. Gold Line Station is Memorial Park. Seating on the green, not sure about food.
Please remember to call and verify all info. before making plans. Everything is subject to change. This is show biz, after all.
Hope to see you out & about,
SierraMadreSue
sierramadresue@yahoo.com
P.S. Almost every city in the area has FREE Summer Concerts in the Park. Check their individual websites for schedules and details, or call City Hall.
FOR EVEN MORE COOL SHOWS & INFO., CHECK OUT THESE SITES:
http://cafe322.com/
http://sierracup.com/
http://www.myspace.com/piratedive
http://www.coffeegallery.com/home.html
http://www.myspace.com/americanarootsla
http://www.aliveandpicking.com/calendar.html http://www.covina.com/frethouse/concerts.html
Support local music at Mr. T's Bowl
Mr T's Bowl
5621 1/2 N. Figueroa St
at Ave 57 in
Highland Park
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Thur July 24th
SLEEPINGBOY,
The Health Club,
The Crash Holiday
ghost machinists
no cover
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Fri July 25th
weyou
http://www.myspace.com/weyou
The Youngs
http://www.myspace.com/theyoungs
David Scott Stone
http://www.myspace.com/sirdsssound
Tales of Banyan
http://www.myspace.com/talesofbanyan
Voice on Tape
http://www.myspace.com/voiceontape
No cover
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Sat July 26th
Blue Mask
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Sun July 27th
holy holy holy
http://www.myspace.com/holyholyholysound
redmaids
www.myspace.com/redmaids
and others....
no cover
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Mon July 28th
The Danbury Shakes
The Sweet Hurt
Plasticsoul
Brandon Schott
Hello from Reno
No cover
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Tue July 29th
T-Bowl Tuesday
call for line up
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Wed July 30th
Security Productions presents
Electric Russia,
At The Rate of Fast,
Bad Poetry Minute
and others
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Thur July 31st
Club Flotsam with
Million Kids
Falsetto Teeth
Heart of Gold
Out Of Town
-Cavalcade of bands, comedy, and fun, fun, fun in the midnight sun.Win Jetsam!
no cover
5621 1/2 N. Figueroa St
at Ave 57 in
Highland Park
-------------------------------------------------------------
Thur July 24th
SLEEPINGBOY,
The Health Club,
The Crash Holiday
ghost machinists
no cover
------------------------------
Fri July 25th
weyou
http://www.myspace.com/weyou
The Youngs
http://www.myspace.com/theyoungs
David Scott Stone
http://www.myspace.com/sirdsssound
Tales of Banyan
http://www.myspace.com/talesofbanyan
Voice on Tape
http://www.myspace.com/voiceontape
No cover
---------------------------------
Sat July 26th
Blue Mask
----------------------------------------------------
Sun July 27th
holy holy holy
http://www.myspace.com/holyholyholysound
redmaids
www.myspace.com/redmaids
and others....
no cover
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Mon July 28th
The Danbury Shakes
The Sweet Hurt
Plasticsoul
Brandon Schott
Hello from Reno
No cover
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Tue July 29th
T-Bowl Tuesday
call for line up
------------------------------------------
Wed July 30th
Security Productions presents
Electric Russia,
At The Rate of Fast,
Bad Poetry Minute
and others
-------------------------------------------
Thur July 31st
Club Flotsam with
Million Kids
Falsetto Teeth
Heart of Gold
Out Of Town
-Cavalcade of bands, comedy, and fun, fun, fun in the midnight sun.Win Jetsam!
no cover
Peter Lang at the Fret House
Peter Lang
Saturday July 26th
The Fret House
309 N Citrus
Covina Ca 91723
626 339 7020
www.frethouse.com
8pm $15
Saturday July 26th
The Fret House
309 N Citrus
Covina Ca 91723
626 339 7020
www.frethouse.com
8pm $15
Songalive! workshop
Orange County Songsalive! Songwriters Workshop
WHEN: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Last Sunday of every month
TIME: Starting promptly at 7:00 p.m., running until 10:00 p.m. (PST/PDT)
WHERE: Spires Restaurant (in the Meeting Room)
13030 Goldenwest Avenue (corner of Garden Grove Blvd.),
Westminster, CA 92683.
Phone: 714-636-0442.
(Please consider ordering dinner before or after the workshop! It helps to make our hosts happy if each person orders about $8.00 worth of food for the night.)
WHEN: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Last Sunday of every month
TIME: Starting promptly at 7:00 p.m., running until 10:00 p.m. (PST/PDT)
WHERE: Spires Restaurant (in the Meeting Room)
13030 Goldenwest Avenue (corner of Garden Grove Blvd.),
Westminster, CA 92683.
Phone: 714-636-0442.
(Please consider ordering dinner before or after the workshop! It helps to make our hosts happy if each person orders about $8.00 worth of food for the night.)
Stan West shows
Stan West performances
Frisella's Roastery this Thursday, July 24, solo, from 6:30-9 PM. Its at 179 N. Glendora Ave. Good Food, Wine and Beer.
Friday, July 25, he and the band will be at the Village Bus Plaza, in Glendora, at 150 N. Glendora Ave. This is an outdoor, free to the public concert from 6-9 PM.
Frisella's Roastery this Thursday, July 24, solo, from 6:30-9 PM. Its at 179 N. Glendora Ave. Good Food, Wine and Beer.
Friday, July 25, he and the band will be at the Village Bus Plaza, in Glendora, at 150 N. Glendora Ave. This is an outdoor, free to the public concert from 6-9 PM.
Violens add tour dates
Following their sold-out mercury lounge show in June, Violens add dates More summer tour dates with indie rock faves Grizzly Bear, and 2008 break out band MGMT. Following the release of singer/producer Jorge Elbrecht's remix of their single "Time to Pretend", MGMT asked Violens to join them on dates between a busy schedule of summer festivals. The band will then join Grizzly Bear as sole support on their shows between dates with Radiohead.
Violens recently released their critically acclaimed new single "Trance-Like Turn" on The Green Owl Records Comp: A Benefit for the Energy Action Coalition. Their contribution is featured among tracks by other notable artists such as Feist, Muse, Deerhoof, Bloc Party, A Place To Bury Strangers, and many more. 100% of profits from the album sales will be donated to the EAC, to support their efforts to raise environmental awareness in our community.
http://greenowlrecords.com/comp.php
The band was recently named one of 8 bands to watch in 2008 by The L Magazine. Follow the link below to their feature, alongside Brooklyn's High Places: http://thelmagazine.com/6/11/feature/feature4.cfm?ctype=1
Violens (pronounced "vy-lenz") are a New York-via-Miami four-piece formed in the fall of 2007, featuring members Iddo Arad (synths/vocals), Ben Brantley (bass), Jorge Elbrecht (lead vocals/guitar) and Kris King (drums). Their music imagines a place where The Zombies & The Byrds meet Wire & The Violent Femmes, and Crass meets Angelo Badalamenti & Prefab Sprout. Violens songs conjure descriptions of nightmares, the passing of time, speculations on spiritual messages, and accounts of psychedelic hallucinations. Even their most frenetic guitar work and aggressive rhythms are draped in a gauze of reverberant, harmonized vocals and synths which create a sense of creepy, artificial comfort. A fitting characterization, lyrically and musically, for a group whose name sounds like a melding of the words "violence" and "violins".
Summer Tour
Wed Jul 23 Paradise Rock Club (w/MGMT) Boston, MA
Thu Jul 24 Paradise Rock Club (w/MGMT) Boston, MA
Fri Jul 25 First Unitarian Church (w/MGMT) Philadelphia, PA
Mon Jul 28 9:30 Club (w/MGMT) Washington, DC
Tue Jul 29 The National (w/MGMT) Richmond, VA
Thu Jul 31 Schubas (Amplify New Music Series) Chicago, IL
Fri Aug 1 Hideout Chicago, IL
Sat Aug 2 930 Listening Room (w/Grizzly Bear) Louisville, KY
Mon Aug 11 Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (w/Grizzly Bear) Washington, DC
Thu Aug 14 Museum of Fine Arts (w/Grizzly Bear) Boston, MA
Violens recently released their critically acclaimed new single "Trance-Like Turn" on The Green Owl Records Comp: A Benefit for the Energy Action Coalition. Their contribution is featured among tracks by other notable artists such as Feist, Muse, Deerhoof, Bloc Party, A Place To Bury Strangers, and many more. 100% of profits from the album sales will be donated to the EAC, to support their efforts to raise environmental awareness in our community.
http://greenowlrecords.com/comp.php
The band was recently named one of 8 bands to watch in 2008 by The L Magazine. Follow the link below to their feature, alongside Brooklyn's High Places: http://thelmagazine.com/6/11/feature/feature4.cfm?ctype=1
Violens (pronounced "vy-lenz") are a New York-via-Miami four-piece formed in the fall of 2007, featuring members Iddo Arad (synths/vocals), Ben Brantley (bass), Jorge Elbrecht (lead vocals/guitar) and Kris King (drums). Their music imagines a place where The Zombies & The Byrds meet Wire & The Violent Femmes, and Crass meets Angelo Badalamenti & Prefab Sprout. Violens songs conjure descriptions of nightmares, the passing of time, speculations on spiritual messages, and accounts of psychedelic hallucinations. Even their most frenetic guitar work and aggressive rhythms are draped in a gauze of reverberant, harmonized vocals and synths which create a sense of creepy, artificial comfort. A fitting characterization, lyrically and musically, for a group whose name sounds like a melding of the words "violence" and "violins".
Summer Tour
Wed Jul 23 Paradise Rock Club (w/MGMT) Boston, MA
Thu Jul 24 Paradise Rock Club (w/MGMT) Boston, MA
Fri Jul 25 First Unitarian Church (w/MGMT) Philadelphia, PA
Mon Jul 28 9:30 Club (w/MGMT) Washington, DC
Tue Jul 29 The National (w/MGMT) Richmond, VA
Thu Jul 31 Schubas (Amplify New Music Series) Chicago, IL
Fri Aug 1 Hideout Chicago, IL
Sat Aug 2 930 Listening Room (w/Grizzly Bear) Louisville, KY
Mon Aug 11 Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (w/Grizzly Bear) Washington, DC
Thu Aug 14 Museum of Fine Arts (w/Grizzly Bear) Boston, MA
The XYZ Affair on tour
New York's The XYZ Affair has come a long way since lead singer Alex Feder's high school demos that make up their roots. Originally forming out of New York University's basketball Pep Band, the band solidified their current four person lineup – Feder on vocals and guitar, Chris Bonner on bass and backup vocals, Sam Rockwell on drums and backup vocals, and Russ Maschmeyer on guitar, keyboards, and backup vocals—just over two years ago, and has since been mastering the art of writing soaring arena rock colored with the duality of confident energy and boyish vulnerability.
With an affinity for four part harmonies, wall of sound fuzz guitars, big drums, and flashy guitar solos, the quartet has since birthed their triumphant debut A Few More Published Studies (recorded by Longwave's Shannon Ferguson, mastered by Aloha's TJ Lipple, mixed by Essex Green collaborator Britt Myers) to the liking of a growing legion of devotees. Thanks in part to the band's fun, charming essence and raucous, understated sense of humor THE XYZ AFFAIR have only just begun to make their name known.
Their career thus far has seen them self-releasing Studies, selling out New York City hotspot Mercury Lounge four times in the last year, and unleashing their viral video gem for the catchy album closer "All My Friends."
The self-produced YouTube clip featuring cameos from Nickelodeon network personalities Marc Summers (former Double Dare host and Food Network personality), Jason Zimbler (Clarissa Explains It All), Danny Cooksey (Salute Your Shorts), and Michael Maronna ( The Adventures of Pete & Pete) was a major springboard for the band, garnering upwards of 15,000 views in the week of its debut with steady subsequent growth. Far beyond the innate happiness and high energy of their songs, THE XYZ AFFAIR loves to keep you guessing, sporting an understated earnestness that sneakily shadows their explosive personality both on the stage and in the studio. Just as their songs ring out with a beckoning attitude, the music itself is beckoning to be brought to the masses.
Trials EP Tracklisting
1. Sarah
2. Evening Life
3. Trials
Tour Dates:
Wed - 7/23/08 Bloomington, IN Bear's Place
Thu - 7/24/08 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
Sat - 7/26/08 Minneapolis, MN Nomad Pub
Sun - 7/27/08 Madison, WI High Noon saloon
7/28/08 Ft Wayne, IN Mid City Grill
Wed - 7/30/08 Ypsilanti, MI Elbow Room
Thu - 7/31/08 Pittsburgh, PA Lava Lounge
With an affinity for four part harmonies, wall of sound fuzz guitars, big drums, and flashy guitar solos, the quartet has since birthed their triumphant debut A Few More Published Studies (recorded by Longwave's Shannon Ferguson, mastered by Aloha's TJ Lipple, mixed by Essex Green collaborator Britt Myers) to the liking of a growing legion of devotees. Thanks in part to the band's fun, charming essence and raucous, understated sense of humor THE XYZ AFFAIR have only just begun to make their name known.
Their career thus far has seen them self-releasing Studies, selling out New York City hotspot Mercury Lounge four times in the last year, and unleashing their viral video gem for the catchy album closer "All My Friends."
The self-produced YouTube clip featuring cameos from Nickelodeon network personalities Marc Summers (former Double Dare host and Food Network personality), Jason Zimbler (Clarissa Explains It All), Danny Cooksey (Salute Your Shorts), and Michael Maronna ( The Adventures of Pete & Pete) was a major springboard for the band, garnering upwards of 15,000 views in the week of its debut with steady subsequent growth. Far beyond the innate happiness and high energy of their songs, THE XYZ AFFAIR loves to keep you guessing, sporting an understated earnestness that sneakily shadows their explosive personality both on the stage and in the studio. Just as their songs ring out with a beckoning attitude, the music itself is beckoning to be brought to the masses.
Trials EP Tracklisting
1. Sarah
2. Evening Life
3. Trials
Tour Dates:
Wed - 7/23/08 Bloomington, IN Bear's Place
Thu - 7/24/08 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
Sat - 7/26/08 Minneapolis, MN Nomad Pub
Sun - 7/27/08 Madison, WI High Noon saloon
7/28/08 Ft Wayne, IN Mid City Grill
Wed - 7/30/08 Ypsilanti, MI Elbow Room
Thu - 7/31/08 Pittsburgh, PA Lava Lounge
GZA to release new effort
One of the most renowned and continually relevant hip-hop emcees of all time, GZA returns with his long awaited fifth solo album, "ProTools." An original member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, GZA has established himself as a perennial force in hip-hop over his 13+ year solo career. Recently, GZA's contributions have driven the phenomenal success of the 2008 Wu-Tang Clan reunion album "8 Diagrams" as well as two of independent hip-hop's recent flagship releases: Think Differently Music: "Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture" and the DJ Muggs/GZA collaboration "Grandmasters."
With an entrenched and rabidly loyal fan base, "ProTools" marks the long awaited return of one of hip-hop's most revered and respected emcees.
And just wait until you hear what he has to say!!! The album's first leak track, "Paper Plate," finds GZA going in hard at a Vitamin Water mogul on this ihiphop.com exclusive.
With "Paper Plate," GZA is in top form, a true veteran showcasing the incomparable style that has defined witty battle rap for the greater part of a decade.Spitting 104 bars of straight heat, GZA cuts the legs out from under the G-Unit impresario, reminding us all how sweet beef on wax really sounds. Using metaphor and lyrical imagery (and without employing a single curse word), GZA gives it to us "burnt & crispy."
True heads stand up...The Genius has finally returned.
For more information including the music, tour dates & more, please visit:
www.gza-genius.com
www.ihiphop.com/GZAgenius
www.babygrande.com
With an entrenched and rabidly loyal fan base, "ProTools" marks the long awaited return of one of hip-hop's most revered and respected emcees.
And just wait until you hear what he has to say!!! The album's first leak track, "Paper Plate," finds GZA going in hard at a Vitamin Water mogul on this ihiphop.com exclusive.
With "Paper Plate," GZA is in top form, a true veteran showcasing the incomparable style that has defined witty battle rap for the greater part of a decade.Spitting 104 bars of straight heat, GZA cuts the legs out from under the G-Unit impresario, reminding us all how sweet beef on wax really sounds. Using metaphor and lyrical imagery (and without employing a single curse word), GZA gives it to us "burnt & crispy."
True heads stand up...The Genius has finally returned.
For more information including the music, tour dates & more, please visit:
www.gza-genius.com
www.ihiphop.com/GZAgenius
www.babygrande.com
Reggie & The Full Effect on tour
Reggie & The Full Effect announce their Farewell Tour, beginning August 20 in Orlando, Florida. Opening the tour are friends Frank Iero (of My Chemical Romance) in Leathermouth and Francis Mark (of From Autumn To Ashes) in Warship.
James Dewees, the conservatory-trained keyboardist (for The Get Up Kids, New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance), drummer (for seminal metal act Coalesce) and protagonist behind Reggie & The Full Effect, formed the band eight years ago in Lawrence, KS. Last Stop: Crappy Town, the band’s fifth full-length, was released on June 17 through Vagrant. Spin.com says the band’s follow-up to 2005’s Songs Not To Get Married To “is no exception [to genre-mixing hooks], reintroducing musical cognates pop-punk, emo, hardcore, and metal with urgency.”
In June, Reggie & The Full Effect filmed a video for “J” with directors John Carlucci and Adam Rothlein, and it includes a star cameo from Frank Iero. The storyline is still top secret, but is based on the idea that “every monster deserves a shot at love.” Spin.com recently featured Reggie & The Full Effect as their “Artist of The Day” which can be read here: http://www.spin.com/articles/reggie-and-full-effect
www.myspace.com/reggieandthefulleffect
http://www.vagrant.com
REGGIE & THE FULL EFFECT Tour Dates:
Aug 20: Orlando, FL @ The Social
Aug 22: Houston, TX @ Warehouse Studio
Aug 23: Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Aug 25: Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
Aug 26: Hollywood, CA @ Avalon
Aug 27: San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brew
Aug 28: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Aug 29: Sparks, NV @ New Oasis
Aug 30: Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
Aug 31: Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
Sep 2: Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
Sep 3: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues – Chicago
Sep 4: Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick
Sep 5: Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
Sep 6: Buffalo, NY @ Club Infinity
Sep 7: New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
Sep 9: Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East Club
Sep 10: Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey
Sep 11: Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre
Sep 12: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Sep 13: Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
Sep 14: Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore at the TLA
**All dates with Leathermouth, Warship
James Dewees, the conservatory-trained keyboardist (for The Get Up Kids, New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance), drummer (for seminal metal act Coalesce) and protagonist behind Reggie & The Full Effect, formed the band eight years ago in Lawrence, KS. Last Stop: Crappy Town, the band’s fifth full-length, was released on June 17 through Vagrant. Spin.com says the band’s follow-up to 2005’s Songs Not To Get Married To “is no exception [to genre-mixing hooks], reintroducing musical cognates pop-punk, emo, hardcore, and metal with urgency.”
In June, Reggie & The Full Effect filmed a video for “J” with directors John Carlucci and Adam Rothlein, and it includes a star cameo from Frank Iero. The storyline is still top secret, but is based on the idea that “every monster deserves a shot at love.” Spin.com recently featured Reggie & The Full Effect as their “Artist of The Day” which can be read here: http://www.spin.com/articles/reggie-and-full-effect
www.myspace.com/reggieandthefulleffect
http://www.vagrant.com
REGGIE & THE FULL EFFECT Tour Dates:
Aug 20: Orlando, FL @ The Social
Aug 22: Houston, TX @ Warehouse Studio
Aug 23: Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Aug 25: Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
Aug 26: Hollywood, CA @ Avalon
Aug 27: San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brew
Aug 28: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Aug 29: Sparks, NV @ New Oasis
Aug 30: Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
Aug 31: Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
Sep 2: Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
Sep 3: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues – Chicago
Sep 4: Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick
Sep 5: Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
Sep 6: Buffalo, NY @ Club Infinity
Sep 7: New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
Sep 9: Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East Club
Sep 10: Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey
Sep 11: Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre
Sep 12: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Sep 13: Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
Sep 14: Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore at the TLA
**All dates with Leathermouth, Warship
The Showdown readies new effort
Tenessee metallers THE SHOWDOWN have posted another brand-new track from their upcoming album, Back Breaker. “Hephaestus – The Hammer of The Gods” is streaming now on the band’s official MySpace, www.myspace.com/theshowdown, and Purevolume http://www.purevolume.com/theshowdown.
The explosive, highly anticipated album from THE SHOWDOWN will see an August 19 release date by way of the band’s new home at Solid State Records. Back Breaker is THE SHOWDOWN’s third full length release and first album on Solid State. Stay tuned for tour dates (alongside Norma Jean) and more as it unfolds.
Here is the full track listing from Back Breaker:
01 - Titanomachy - The Beginning
02 - Hephaestus - The Hammer of the Gods
03 - Aphrodite - The Disillusionaire
04 - Achilles - The Backbreaker
05 - Prometheus - The Fires of Deliverance
06 - Cerberus - The Hellhound Awaits
07 - Odysseus - A Song of Hope
08 - Ares - I Am Vengeance
09 - Infernus - You Will Move
10 - Nemesis - Give Us This Day
11 - Medea - One Foot in Hell
www.theshowdownmetal.com
The explosive, highly anticipated album from THE SHOWDOWN will see an August 19 release date by way of the band’s new home at Solid State Records. Back Breaker is THE SHOWDOWN’s third full length release and first album on Solid State. Stay tuned for tour dates (alongside Norma Jean) and more as it unfolds.
Here is the full track listing from Back Breaker:
01 - Titanomachy - The Beginning
02 - Hephaestus - The Hammer of the Gods
03 - Aphrodite - The Disillusionaire
04 - Achilles - The Backbreaker
05 - Prometheus - The Fires of Deliverance
06 - Cerberus - The Hellhound Awaits
07 - Odysseus - A Song of Hope
08 - Ares - I Am Vengeance
09 - Infernus - You Will Move
10 - Nemesis - Give Us This Day
11 - Medea - One Foot in Hell
www.theshowdownmetal.com
The Acacia Strain launches Tas TV
Massachusetts-based THE ACACIA STRAIN has posted the first of five mini-skits on their official MySpace, www.myspace.com/theacaciastrain. Every Monday at 10AM fans can visit the site and check out a new mini-skit starring THE ACACIA STRAIN. Episodes will be posted every week until the August 19 release of Continent. The first episode can be viewed here: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=38925598.
The mini-skits were produced by Manny Santiago of Gamma Ray Films.
Continent, THE ACACIA STRAIN’S fourth studio album, is due out on August 19th on Prosthetic Records. Fans can get a little taste of what Continent has in store for them by checking out the album’s first single, “Skynet”, on the band’s official MySpace page. (www.myspace.com/theacaciastrain). Eager fans can preorder the new disk in five different, exclusive packages online at www.prostheticrecords.com/TASsplash.html. THE ACACIA STRAIN called on Paul Romano (Mastodon, Chiodos, Trivium) for the album art. For more of Paul Romano’s work, visit http://www.workhardened.com/.
Be sure to check out www.myspace.com/theacaciastrain every week leading up to the release of Continent for a new episode of “TAS TV.” THE ACACIA STRAIN will be back in the US to play four record release shows at the end of August. Dates are listed below.
THE ACACIA STRAIN European Tour with Annotations of An Autopsy, Knights of the Abyss
7/23 Nottingham, UK – Junction 7
7/24 Glasgow, UK – Ivory Blacks
7/25 Sheffield, UK – Corporation
7/26 Stoke-On-Trent, UK – The Sugarmill
7/27 Norwich, UK – The Queen Charlotte
7/28 London, UK – Underworld
7/29 Manchester, UK – Music Box
7/30 Plymouth, UK – The White Rabbit
7/31 Swindon, UK – The Furnace
8/01 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
8/02 Bochum, Germany - Matrix
8/03 Karlsruhe, Germany – Stadtmitte
THE ACACIA STRAIN Record Release Shows (ticket links included):
8/21 Portland, ME – The Station -http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/010040EF7D602F12?artistid=1238954&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=200
8/22 Providence, RI – The Living Room -http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=813312&cobrand=lupos
8/23 Poughkeepsie, NY – The Loft -http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=288197
8/24 Holyoke, MA - The Waterfront
The mini-skits were produced by Manny Santiago of Gamma Ray Films.
Continent, THE ACACIA STRAIN’S fourth studio album, is due out on August 19th on Prosthetic Records. Fans can get a little taste of what Continent has in store for them by checking out the album’s first single, “Skynet”, on the band’s official MySpace page. (www.myspace.com/theacaciastrain). Eager fans can preorder the new disk in five different, exclusive packages online at www.prostheticrecords.com/TASsplash.html. THE ACACIA STRAIN called on Paul Romano (Mastodon, Chiodos, Trivium) for the album art. For more of Paul Romano’s work, visit http://www.workhardened.com/.
Be sure to check out www.myspace.com/theacaciastrain every week leading up to the release of Continent for a new episode of “TAS TV.” THE ACACIA STRAIN will be back in the US to play four record release shows at the end of August. Dates are listed below.
THE ACACIA STRAIN European Tour with Annotations of An Autopsy, Knights of the Abyss
7/23 Nottingham, UK – Junction 7
7/24 Glasgow, UK – Ivory Blacks
7/25 Sheffield, UK – Corporation
7/26 Stoke-On-Trent, UK – The Sugarmill
7/27 Norwich, UK – The Queen Charlotte
7/28 London, UK – Underworld
7/29 Manchester, UK – Music Box
7/30 Plymouth, UK – The White Rabbit
7/31 Swindon, UK – The Furnace
8/01 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
8/02 Bochum, Germany - Matrix
8/03 Karlsruhe, Germany – Stadtmitte
THE ACACIA STRAIN Record Release Shows (ticket links included):
8/21 Portland, ME – The Station -http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/010040EF7D602F12?artistid=1238954&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=200
8/22 Providence, RI – The Living Room -http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=813312&cobrand=lupos
8/23 Poughkeepsie, NY – The Loft -http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=288197
8/24 Holyoke, MA - The Waterfront
Bleeding Through to release new effort
On September 30, Bleeding Through will unleash their definitive album, Declaration.
Where many bands at this stage in their career start talking about melody, accessibility and radio airplay, Bleeding Through resists the trends and walks where many artists fear to tread. Declaration is heavier, darker, angrier, more pissed off, faster and more epic than anything in the band's already impressive catalog.
The followup to The Truth (2006) and This is Love, This is Murderous (2003), which have sold a combined quarter of a million albums worldwide, was produced by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia. Declaration is incredibly dense, layered and full of atmosphere, recalling the finest moments of classic death metal, black metal and hardcore.
Bleeding Through has always stood for the broken-hearted and betrayed. Declaration expands further upon that idea. Contrary to earlier reports of a conceptually driven album, Bleeding Through’s latest is their most diverse offering thematically, addressing a variety of topics on tracks like "There Was a Flood," "Germany" and "Death Anxiety."
Frontman and lyricist Brandan Scheippati has written one last song based on his angry heartbreaking muse, "Sister Charlatan," which closes the album and features the first ever vocal chorus contribution from virtuoso bass player Ryan Wombacher, who also co-wrote the experimental and dark "In Loving Memory of England." Keyboardist Marta is more present than ever throughout the music, including her directing of real strings and classical instrumentation.
Guitarist Brian Leppke remains the groups primary songwriter along Scheippati. Drummer Derek Youngsma has stepped up his game like never before while the band's newest member, Jona Weinhofen (who joined the band over a year ago after the breakup of his former group, I Killed The Prom Queen), adds pure shred to the proceedings.
"Orange County Blonde And Blue" and other tracks have garnered 4.5 million plays on the band's MySpace page.
Bleeding Through is on tour with Bullet For My Valentine throughout the US and will support them in Europe through December as well. The band has toured with Marilyn Manson, Slayer, AFI, HIM, Senses Fail, Headbanger's Ball: The Tour, two different Ozzfests (returning in 2006 as a second stage headliner), Vans Warped Tour and several successful headlining tours and dates in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and South America.
Bleeding Through has been featured on the covers of Revolver, Metal Edge, Outburn, Chord and more and received favorable coverage in Spin, Billboard, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Rock Sound and many more publications.
www.BleedingThrough.com
www.thedearlydemented.com
www.trustkill.com
www.killertours.com
Where many bands at this stage in their career start talking about melody, accessibility and radio airplay, Bleeding Through resists the trends and walks where many artists fear to tread. Declaration is heavier, darker, angrier, more pissed off, faster and more epic than anything in the band's already impressive catalog.
The followup to The Truth (2006) and This is Love, This is Murderous (2003), which have sold a combined quarter of a million albums worldwide, was produced by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia. Declaration is incredibly dense, layered and full of atmosphere, recalling the finest moments of classic death metal, black metal and hardcore.
Bleeding Through has always stood for the broken-hearted and betrayed. Declaration expands further upon that idea. Contrary to earlier reports of a conceptually driven album, Bleeding Through’s latest is their most diverse offering thematically, addressing a variety of topics on tracks like "There Was a Flood," "Germany" and "Death Anxiety."
Frontman and lyricist Brandan Scheippati has written one last song based on his angry heartbreaking muse, "Sister Charlatan," which closes the album and features the first ever vocal chorus contribution from virtuoso bass player Ryan Wombacher, who also co-wrote the experimental and dark "In Loving Memory of England." Keyboardist Marta is more present than ever throughout the music, including her directing of real strings and classical instrumentation.
Guitarist Brian Leppke remains the groups primary songwriter along Scheippati. Drummer Derek Youngsma has stepped up his game like never before while the band's newest member, Jona Weinhofen (who joined the band over a year ago after the breakup of his former group, I Killed The Prom Queen), adds pure shred to the proceedings.
"Orange County Blonde And Blue" and other tracks have garnered 4.5 million plays on the band's MySpace page.
Bleeding Through is on tour with Bullet For My Valentine throughout the US and will support them in Europe through December as well. The band has toured with Marilyn Manson, Slayer, AFI, HIM, Senses Fail, Headbanger's Ball: The Tour, two different Ozzfests (returning in 2006 as a second stage headliner), Vans Warped Tour and several successful headlining tours and dates in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and South America.
Bleeding Through has been featured on the covers of Revolver, Metal Edge, Outburn, Chord and more and received favorable coverage in Spin, Billboard, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Rock Sound and many more publications.
www.BleedingThrough.com
www.thedearlydemented.com
www.trustkill.com
www.killertours.com
Stillborn Records signs three new acts
Stillborn Records is proud to announce three new acts on their roster and their release schedule for the summer and fall 2008. Better Left Unsaid (Modesto CA), Lionheart (Oakland CA) and She Rides (Providence RI) have all joined the Stillborn family.
Label head Jamey Jasta commented, "I'm pumped to have three great new bands on board, it's an honor to have them on our roster!"
Better Left Unsaid's debut full length, "The Fight Within," hits streets Tuesday, July 22, and the preorder is available now at Merchnow.com and stillbornstore.com. "The Fight Within" is perfect for fans of the heaviest, most brutal metal, and melodic catchy hardcore, alike. www.myspace.com/blumusic
Stillborn's re-releasing Lionheart's debut CD, "The Will To Survive," originally available through West Coast Worldwide on September 2. The band will be doing a full European tour in August and September and touring the U.S. with the Hoods in October in support of the release. www.myspace.com/lionheartbahc
She Rides, featuring Joe Krewko, original vocalist of Bury Your Dead, have just completed their debut CD, which is scheduled for an October release (exact date TBA). This self titled effort is a ferocious blend of hardcore and rock n roll. It is a must for fans of bands like the Bronx, Gallows, etc. www.myspace.com/sheridesmusic
Label head Jamey Jasta commented, "I'm pumped to have three great new bands on board, it's an honor to have them on our roster!"
Better Left Unsaid's debut full length, "The Fight Within," hits streets Tuesday, July 22, and the preorder is available now at Merchnow.com and stillbornstore.com. "The Fight Within" is perfect for fans of the heaviest, most brutal metal, and melodic catchy hardcore, alike. www.myspace.com/blumusic
Stillborn's re-releasing Lionheart's debut CD, "The Will To Survive," originally available through West Coast Worldwide on September 2. The band will be doing a full European tour in August and September and touring the U.S. with the Hoods in October in support of the release. www.myspace.com/lionheartbahc
She Rides, featuring Joe Krewko, original vocalist of Bury Your Dead, have just completed their debut CD, which is scheduled for an October release (exact date TBA). This self titled effort is a ferocious blend of hardcore and rock n roll. It is a must for fans of bands like the Bronx, Gallows, etc. www.myspace.com/sheridesmusic
Breaking the Cypher at El Portal
Antics Performance presents “BREAKING THE CYPHER” an expansive vision of hip hop and street culture featuring the extreme physicality of breakdancing, with the verbal intricacies of spoken word and rhymes, plus a DJ and three exclusive dance films at the El Portal Theatre, August 9 at 8pm and August 10 at 7pm. Led by Artistic Directors Amy “Catfox” Campion and Jacob “Kujo” Lyons, this explosive production pays homage to the moves and stylistic expressions of breakin’s early origins, while using innovation and self-expression to further evolve the art form.
Highlights of “BREAKING THE CYPHER” include: Decyphering, a high-energy dance that creates new possibilities for how a "cypher" or dance circle can take form, Lost in Musical Sensation: exploring the personal internal journey a dancer takes when improvising dance, and Breaking Timeline: a look at the history of breakdancing. Lux Aeterna Dance Company will present in duet form "Beached," winner of the 2008 Lester Horton Award for best performance by a dance company. Featured artists include Outer Circle, the dynamic multi-cultural (Chinese-American/Latino-American) breaking duo of Peipei "Peppa" Yuan and Giovanni "Barafuco" Avelar. Peppa and Barafuco are renowned breakers who have been winning competitions including Danger Room Bonnie & Clyde Battle, the Furious Styles Anniversary Battle and are featured on ABC's “Dance Machine.”
Antics Performance is a hip hop dance/theater company based in Los Angeles under the artistic direction of Amy “Catfox” Campion. Antics Performance creates multimedia urban dance performances that incorporate breakdancing, locking, popping, capoeira, DJ’s, spoken word, theater and film into hand-clapping, foot-stomping performances. Antics Performance is committed to innovating the realm of hip hop dance/theatre as well as participating in community outreach through residencies, workshops, lecture and demonstrations. For more information visit: http://www.anticsperformance.com/Home.html.
Performances at: El Portal Theatre, 5269 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood , CA 91601 .
FOR TICKETS: Tickets are $20-$30 for adults and $15 for students, children, and seniors (with discount code APSCS) and may be purchased by calling 866-811-4111 or through www.AnticsPerformance.com
Highlights of “BREAKING THE CYPHER” include: Decyphering, a high-energy dance that creates new possibilities for how a "cypher" or dance circle can take form, Lost in Musical Sensation: exploring the personal internal journey a dancer takes when improvising dance, and Breaking Timeline: a look at the history of breakdancing. Lux Aeterna Dance Company will present in duet form "Beached," winner of the 2008 Lester Horton Award for best performance by a dance company. Featured artists include Outer Circle, the dynamic multi-cultural (Chinese-American/Latino-American) breaking duo of Peipei "Peppa" Yuan and Giovanni "Barafuco" Avelar. Peppa and Barafuco are renowned breakers who have been winning competitions including Danger Room Bonnie & Clyde Battle, the Furious Styles Anniversary Battle and are featured on ABC's “Dance Machine.”
Antics Performance is a hip hop dance/theater company based in Los Angeles under the artistic direction of Amy “Catfox” Campion. Antics Performance creates multimedia urban dance performances that incorporate breakdancing, locking, popping, capoeira, DJ’s, spoken word, theater and film into hand-clapping, foot-stomping performances. Antics Performance is committed to innovating the realm of hip hop dance/theatre as well as participating in community outreach through residencies, workshops, lecture and demonstrations. For more information visit: http://www.anticsperformance.com/Home.html.
Performances at: El Portal Theatre, 5269 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood , CA 91601 .
FOR TICKETS: Tickets are $20-$30 for adults and $15 for students, children, and seniors (with discount code APSCS) and may be purchased by calling 866-811-4111 or through www.AnticsPerformance.com
Man Man on tour
After months touring Europe, Man Man, the band the New York Times called a “delirious, scrapheap-eclectic Philadelphia outfit,” are back in the states and set to take their famously infamous show on the road here. A number of headlining shows are interspersed between festival appearances at the Download festival in New Jersey, Bumbershoot in Seattle, the Street Scene in San Diego and the Austin City Limits festival in Texas, among others.
Non-stop touring in support of their Anti- Records debut Rabbit Habits has seen Man Man crisscrossing the US, sleeping on floors across Europe and winning fans at each show. The legend of the Man Man live experience – which includes a whirlwind of songs that flow one into the other amidst a jumble of swapped instruments and found objects – grows exponentially as reports of ardent fans in all-white, wearing war paint and fake mustaches, increase.
For their part, the critics are sold:
· “A vaudevillian clash of sinfully delicate doo wop, virtuosic free jazz, heart-ripping, gut-crunching, intense punk rock energy, free flowing danceable funk, and above all, Eastern European tinged two step polka…love them or hate them, Man Man is a band you have to respect for their live show.” --Aquarian
· “This is not just a rock show – more like a séance or an offering of upheaval and melody to the heavens.” --Denver Post
· “Their live show is truly where the band’s genius is revealed.” --OC Weekly
· “Aesthetically a bit kooky, at once intensely focused and unhinged.” –Chicago Tribune
Man Man on tour:
07.26.08 Evolve Festival, Antigonish (Nova Scotia)
08.02.08 Download Festival, Camden NJ
08.13.08 Pasaguero, Mexico City
08.27.08 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland OR
08.28.08 Richard’s on Richards, Vancouver BC
08.29.08 Rifflandia Fest - Lucky Bar, Victoria BC
08.30.08 Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle WA
09.20.08 Street Scene, San Diego CA
09.27.08 Austin City Limits Festival, Austin TX
Non-stop touring in support of their Anti- Records debut Rabbit Habits has seen Man Man crisscrossing the US, sleeping on floors across Europe and winning fans at each show. The legend of the Man Man live experience – which includes a whirlwind of songs that flow one into the other amidst a jumble of swapped instruments and found objects – grows exponentially as reports of ardent fans in all-white, wearing war paint and fake mustaches, increase.
For their part, the critics are sold:
· “A vaudevillian clash of sinfully delicate doo wop, virtuosic free jazz, heart-ripping, gut-crunching, intense punk rock energy, free flowing danceable funk, and above all, Eastern European tinged two step polka…love them or hate them, Man Man is a band you have to respect for their live show.” --Aquarian
· “This is not just a rock show – more like a séance or an offering of upheaval and melody to the heavens.” --Denver Post
· “Their live show is truly where the band’s genius is revealed.” --OC Weekly
· “Aesthetically a bit kooky, at once intensely focused and unhinged.” –Chicago Tribune
Man Man on tour:
07.26.08 Evolve Festival, Antigonish (Nova Scotia)
08.02.08 Download Festival, Camden NJ
08.13.08 Pasaguero, Mexico City
08.27.08 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland OR
08.28.08 Richard’s on Richards, Vancouver BC
08.29.08 Rifflandia Fest - Lucky Bar, Victoria BC
08.30.08 Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle WA
09.20.08 Street Scene, San Diego CA
09.27.08 Austin City Limits Festival, Austin TX
Tim Fite/Watson Twins tour continues
The Tim Fite/Watson Twins tour continues through the end of July, and on August 7th, Fite will join Nada Surf for a special performance at the 2008 Twilight Concert Series in Salt Lake City.
Mon July 21 Denver, CO Hi Dive
Tue July 22 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Thu July 24 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
Fri July 25 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Sat July 26 Portland, OR Doug Fir
Mon July 28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
Tue July 29 Los Angeles, CA Echo
Thurs Aug 7 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Concert Series
Mon July 21 Denver, CO Hi Dive
Tue July 22 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Thu July 24 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
Fri July 25 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Sat July 26 Portland, OR Doug Fir
Mon July 28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
Tue July 29 Los Angeles, CA Echo
Thurs Aug 7 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Concert Series
Michael Franti & Spearhead on tour
July was full of firsts for Michael Franti and his band Spearhead. On the 4th of July weekend, Franti and Spearhead played the inaugural Rothbury Festival in Michigan, a greened-out festival run in large part by volunteers and devoted to education and activism as much as a great live music experience. While he was there, Franti lead 500 enthusiastic yoga devotees in an afternoon of music and movement before his set that evening.
July also found Franti’s award-winning documentary I Know I’m Not Alone at the first documentary film festival in Dubai, “Documentary Voices: Pulling Focus.” Featuring 20 filmmakers from the Arab countries, US and Iran, the festival opened with Franti’s 2005 film about his experiences in the war-ravaged countries of Iraq, Israel and Palestine, and was attended by the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The remainder of the summer and well into the fall will find Franti and Spearhead traveling around the world, playing such festivals at the Fuji Rock festival in Japan, Pukkelpop in Belgium and Franti’s own Power to the Peaceful festival which draws 50,000+ people each year to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
All Rebel Rockers, Michael Franti and Spearhead’s upcoming release, hits stores on September 9th. Produced by superstar production team Sly and Robbie (No Doubt, Alicia Keys, Sean Paul), with additional production from Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More) on a number of tracks, All Rebel Rockers is arguably the grooviest, most danceable protest record ever. Billboard magazine writes “it is not possible for Michael Franti to put aside, even briefly, the stay-positive political messages in his music, but on All Rebel Rockers, he delivers them with a club-approved, dub-infused soul heavily dipped in the record’s birthplace of Kingston Jamaica.”
Catch Michael Franti and Spearhead on tour:
Thu Jul 24
Detroit Lakes
MN
10,000 LAKES FESTIVAL
Sun Jul 27
Niigata
JPN
FUJI ROCK FEST - Field of Heaven
Fri Aug 08
Jersey City
NJ
ALL POINTS WEST
Sat Aug 09
Edmonton
AB
EDMONTON FOLK FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 10
Regina
SK
REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL
Thu Aug 14
Amsterdam
Netherlands
PARADISO
Fri Aug 15
Hasselt
Belgium
PUKKELPOP
Sat Aug 16
Chelmsford
United Kingdom
Hylands Park - V FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 17
Staffordshire
United Kingdom
Weston Park - V FESTIVAL
Tue Aug 19
Sheffield
United Kingdom
LEADMILL
Wed Aug 20
Edinburgh
Scotland
LIQUID ROOM
Thu Aug 21
London
England
KOKO
Fri Aug 22
Cheltenhelm
United Kingdom
GREENBELT
Sun Aug 24
Chiemsee
Germany
CHIEMSEE REGGAE Summer - Open Air
Mon Aug 25
Berlin
Germany
KATO
Tue Aug 26
Cologne
Germany
LUXOR
Thu Aug 28
Eindhoven
Netherlands
EFFENAAR
Sat Aug 30
Argyll
Scotland
CONNECT FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 31
County Laois
Ireland
ELECTRIC PICNIC
Sat Sep 06
San Francisco
CA
POWER TO THE PEACEFUL FESTIVAL
Fri Sep 12
Seattle
WA
MARYMOOR AMPHITHEATER
Sat Sep 13
Portland
OR
ROSELAND THEATER
Sun Sep 14
Laytonville
CA
BLACK OAK RANCH - EARTHDANCE FESTIVAL
Fri Sep 19
San Diego
CA
STREET SCENE
Sun Sep 21
Los Angeles
CA
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
Fri Sep 26
Santa Fe
NM
PAOLO SOLERI OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER
Sat Sep 27
Flagstaff
AZ
PINE MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATER
Sun Sep 28
Tucson
AZ
RIALTO THEATRE
July also found Franti’s award-winning documentary I Know I’m Not Alone at the first documentary film festival in Dubai, “Documentary Voices: Pulling Focus.” Featuring 20 filmmakers from the Arab countries, US and Iran, the festival opened with Franti’s 2005 film about his experiences in the war-ravaged countries of Iraq, Israel and Palestine, and was attended by the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The remainder of the summer and well into the fall will find Franti and Spearhead traveling around the world, playing such festivals at the Fuji Rock festival in Japan, Pukkelpop in Belgium and Franti’s own Power to the Peaceful festival which draws 50,000+ people each year to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
All Rebel Rockers, Michael Franti and Spearhead’s upcoming release, hits stores on September 9th. Produced by superstar production team Sly and Robbie (No Doubt, Alicia Keys, Sean Paul), with additional production from Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More) on a number of tracks, All Rebel Rockers is arguably the grooviest, most danceable protest record ever. Billboard magazine writes “it is not possible for Michael Franti to put aside, even briefly, the stay-positive political messages in his music, but on All Rebel Rockers, he delivers them with a club-approved, dub-infused soul heavily dipped in the record’s birthplace of Kingston Jamaica.”
Catch Michael Franti and Spearhead on tour:
Thu Jul 24
Detroit Lakes
MN
10,000 LAKES FESTIVAL
Sun Jul 27
Niigata
JPN
FUJI ROCK FEST - Field of Heaven
Fri Aug 08
Jersey City
NJ
ALL POINTS WEST
Sat Aug 09
Edmonton
AB
EDMONTON FOLK FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 10
Regina
SK
REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL
Thu Aug 14
Amsterdam
Netherlands
PARADISO
Fri Aug 15
Hasselt
Belgium
PUKKELPOP
Sat Aug 16
Chelmsford
United Kingdom
Hylands Park - V FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 17
Staffordshire
United Kingdom
Weston Park - V FESTIVAL
Tue Aug 19
Sheffield
United Kingdom
LEADMILL
Wed Aug 20
Edinburgh
Scotland
LIQUID ROOM
Thu Aug 21
London
England
KOKO
Fri Aug 22
Cheltenhelm
United Kingdom
GREENBELT
Sun Aug 24
Chiemsee
Germany
CHIEMSEE REGGAE Summer - Open Air
Mon Aug 25
Berlin
Germany
KATO
Tue Aug 26
Cologne
Germany
LUXOR
Thu Aug 28
Eindhoven
Netherlands
EFFENAAR
Sat Aug 30
Argyll
Scotland
CONNECT FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 31
County Laois
Ireland
ELECTRIC PICNIC
Sat Sep 06
San Francisco
CA
POWER TO THE PEACEFUL FESTIVAL
Fri Sep 12
Seattle
WA
MARYMOOR AMPHITHEATER
Sat Sep 13
Portland
OR
ROSELAND THEATER
Sun Sep 14
Laytonville
CA
BLACK OAK RANCH - EARTHDANCE FESTIVAL
Fri Sep 19
San Diego
CA
STREET SCENE
Sun Sep 21
Los Angeles
CA
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
Fri Sep 26
Santa Fe
NM
PAOLO SOLERI OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER
Sat Sep 27
Flagstaff
AZ
PINE MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATER
Sun Sep 28
Tucson
AZ
RIALTO THEATRE
Scars on Broadway to perform at Union Station
Scars on Broadway, the collaboration between guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, will launch the highly-anticipated release of their self-titled debut with an exclusive concert in the band's hometown of Los Angeles on Monday, July 28, the night before the CD hits stores.
The special show, presented by L.A. radio powerhouse KROQ-FM, will be held in the massive and ornate lobby of downtown's railway terminal, Union Station, and will be simulcast live at www.scarsonbroadway.com beginning at 9:25PM PT/12:25AM ET. All details to view the web broadcast, which is being powered by iStreamPlanet and Microsoft Silverlight, can be found on the band's website
.To receive one of the limited number of wristbands that gains entry into this special performance, fans will pre-purchase the new Scars on Broadway CD beginning at 7:00PM on Monday evening at a special Best Buy tent to be set up at Union Station. The CDs at Union Station will be autographed exclusively for this event by Daron and John from Scars on Broadway.
L.A.'s Union Station is a fitting place to celebrate the CD's release; not only were Daron and John raised in the area, but Union Station has been the setting for quite a bit of Hollywood celluloid throughout the decades - "Speed," "Blade Runner," "Star Trek: First Contact," and the Fox TV's series, "24" have all filmed there.
Scars on Broadway has already played a handful of live shows, including Coachella 2008, where the Los Angeles Times singled them out as "one of the festival's hottest highlights." They also opened for Metallica at an L.A. benefit gig - SPIN said that their set "made it clear how little System's hiatus has dulled each man's hyperactive creativity." The band's European tour kicks off in Paris on August 29, and they will headline a North American trek beginning in October.
The special show, presented by L.A. radio powerhouse KROQ-FM, will be held in the massive and ornate lobby of downtown's railway terminal, Union Station, and will be simulcast live at www.scarsonbroadway.com beginning at 9:25PM PT/12:25AM ET. All details to view the web broadcast, which is being powered by iStreamPlanet and Microsoft Silverlight, can be found on the band's website
.To receive one of the limited number of wristbands that gains entry into this special performance, fans will pre-purchase the new Scars on Broadway CD beginning at 7:00PM on Monday evening at a special Best Buy tent to be set up at Union Station. The CDs at Union Station will be autographed exclusively for this event by Daron and John from Scars on Broadway.
L.A.'s Union Station is a fitting place to celebrate the CD's release; not only were Daron and John raised in the area, but Union Station has been the setting for quite a bit of Hollywood celluloid throughout the decades - "Speed," "Blade Runner," "Star Trek: First Contact," and the Fox TV's series, "24" have all filmed there.
Scars on Broadway has already played a handful of live shows, including Coachella 2008, where the Los Angeles Times singled them out as "one of the festival's hottest highlights." They also opened for Metallica at an L.A. benefit gig - SPIN said that their set "made it clear how little System's hiatus has dulled each man's hyperactive creativity." The band's European tour kicks off in Paris on August 29, and they will headline a North American trek beginning in October.
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JAMIE LIDELL
Avalon (Hollywood)
September 29th
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On Sale Saturday, July 26th at 10am
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
UCLA’s Royce Hall
September 14th
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On Sale Friday July 18 at 10 AM
COHEED AND CAMBRIA
present:
Neverender
Avalon (Hollywood)
November 5th - November 8th
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ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET STRIP
On Sale NOW :
Robin Thicke - August 14
Golden State, The Daylights, Malbec - August 21
On Sale Saturday, July 26 at 10 AM
Three 6 Mafia - September 3
Shinedown, Red, Jet Black Stare - September 4
Wayne Brady - Special R&B performance - September 15
Foreigner - October 24
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ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM
On Sale NOW:
La Grange: Tribute to ZZ Top - August 1
Cubensis and Highway 61 Revisited: Tribute to Dyland and the Dead - August 3
Charlie Zaa - August 9
Robin Thicke - August 10
Circle Jerks - August 15
Shinedown with Red, Jet Black Stare - September 8
Toadies - September 13
James - October 5
The Damned - October 30
On Sale Saturday, July 26 at 10 AM:
Royal Crown Revue - August 14
Natalie "The Floacist " Stewart - The Soul of Floetry - August 30
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers - August 31
Motorhead w/ Airbourne, Valient Thorr, Year Long Disaster - September 2
Living Legends - September 28
Foreigner - October 26
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Both Shows On Sale Saturday July 26 at 12 Noon:
KATHY GRIFFIN
Kodak Theatre
December 10 & 11
On Sale Saturday July 26 at 10 AM:
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
Royce Hall
September 14
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On Sale Now!
6th Annual
ART LABOE SHOW LIVE!
Starring:
JERRY BUTLER – CON FUNK SHUN
HARVEY FUQUA – BARBARA LYNN
MC MAGIC – SLY SLICK & WICKED
THE TEMPREES – LALA
AALON – ZAPP
San Manuel Amphitheater
Saturday September 13
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On Sale Now:
Go Country 105 FM
TOO HOT FOR SUMMER
Starring:
MARTINA McBRIDE
With Special Guests:
Jack Ingram – Chris Young
Randy Houser – David Nail
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Saturday August 16
Special Four-Pack Ticket Package Just $75*
JAMIE LIDELL
Avalon (Hollywood)
September 29th
--------------------------
On Sale Saturday, July 26th at 10am
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
UCLA’s Royce Hall
September 14th
---------------------------
On Sale Friday July 18 at 10 AM
COHEED AND CAMBRIA
present:
Neverender
Avalon (Hollywood)
November 5th - November 8th
---------------------------------
ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET STRIP
On Sale NOW :
Robin Thicke - August 14
Golden State, The Daylights, Malbec - August 21
On Sale Saturday, July 26 at 10 AM
Three 6 Mafia - September 3
Shinedown, Red, Jet Black Stare - September 4
Wayne Brady - Special R&B performance - September 15
Foreigner - October 24
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ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM
On Sale NOW:
La Grange: Tribute to ZZ Top - August 1
Cubensis and Highway 61 Revisited: Tribute to Dyland and the Dead - August 3
Charlie Zaa - August 9
Robin Thicke - August 10
Circle Jerks - August 15
Shinedown with Red, Jet Black Stare - September 8
Toadies - September 13
James - October 5
The Damned - October 30
On Sale Saturday, July 26 at 10 AM:
Royal Crown Revue - August 14
Natalie "The Floacist " Stewart - The Soul of Floetry - August 30
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers - August 31
Motorhead w/ Airbourne, Valient Thorr, Year Long Disaster - September 2
Living Legends - September 28
Foreigner - October 26
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Both Shows On Sale Saturday July 26 at 12 Noon:
KATHY GRIFFIN
Kodak Theatre
December 10 & 11
On Sale Saturday July 26 at 10 AM:
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
Royce Hall
September 14
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On Sale Now!
6th Annual
ART LABOE SHOW LIVE!
Starring:
JERRY BUTLER – CON FUNK SHUN
HARVEY FUQUA – BARBARA LYNN
MC MAGIC – SLY SLICK & WICKED
THE TEMPREES – LALA
AALON – ZAPP
San Manuel Amphitheater
Saturday September 13
--------------------------------
On Sale Now:
Go Country 105 FM
TOO HOT FOR SUMMER
Starring:
MARTINA McBRIDE
With Special Guests:
Jack Ingram – Chris Young
Randy Houser – David Nail
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Saturday August 16
Special Four-Pack Ticket Package Just $75*
Alkaholiks DVD release party Saturday
MVD Entertainment Group and Fat Beats are pleased to announce a very special DVD release party for “Alkaholiks – Live from Rehab”. This ALL AGES event is FREE and will take place at Fat Beats (7600 Melrose Ave. - Suite J 2nd Floor - Los Angeles, CA 90036 - 323.655.8997) on Saturday, July 26 at 4:00pm. Those who attend will have the opportunity to purchase a copy of the DVD at a special sale price. Attendees can also meet the group and get DVDs signed.
“Alkaholiks – Live from Rehab” features the world famous likwit emcees on stage in Los Angeles for one hell of a live show. It contains all the Liks getting live for the crowd including Xzibit, King T, Defari, Styliztik Jones, Heltah Skeltah + more! For fans of this crew, it's a party that cannot be missed! The DVD also features extended interviews, photo gallery, and extended encore.
Tracks include:
Intro
Party Ya Ass Off
Daaamn!
Liquidation
Likwit featuring King T
Another Round
Bullyfoot
Make Room
Let It Go - Defari
Heltah Skeltah Freestyle
Sean Price Freestyle
Tash Freestyle
Stylistic Jones Freestyle
Alkaholik featuring Xzibit
Killen It featuring Xzibit
Xzibit Freestyle
Going Crazy
Hip-Hop Drunkies
DaDaDaDa
Next Level
Run Wild
Big Beat Freestyle
Only When I'm Drunk
Over Here featuring King T
Best U Can
End Credits
Encore
“Alkaholiks – Live from Rehab” features the world famous likwit emcees on stage in Los Angeles for one hell of a live show. It contains all the Liks getting live for the crowd including Xzibit, King T, Defari, Styliztik Jones, Heltah Skeltah + more! For fans of this crew, it's a party that cannot be missed! The DVD also features extended interviews, photo gallery, and extended encore.
Tracks include:
Intro
Party Ya Ass Off
Daaamn!
Liquidation
Likwit featuring King T
Another Round
Bullyfoot
Make Room
Let It Go - Defari
Heltah Skeltah Freestyle
Sean Price Freestyle
Tash Freestyle
Stylistic Jones Freestyle
Alkaholik featuring Xzibit
Killen It featuring Xzibit
Xzibit Freestyle
Going Crazy
Hip-Hop Drunkies
DaDaDaDa
Next Level
Run Wild
Big Beat Freestyle
Only When I'm Drunk
Over Here featuring King T
Best U Can
End Credits
Encore
Mark Knight to release new effort and tour
The next instalment of the Toolroom Knights mix series sees label head honcho and Ministry of Sound resident Mark Knight step up to deliver a cutting-edge mix of future classics and forward thinking house music released on September 9, 2008.
This double-disc collection covers the length and breadth of the house music spectrum, moving from shades of legendary US producers right through to the current crop of ultra-talented UK and European artists. It is a sound that Mark has lovingly cultivated over many years of solid gigging and through releasing a staggeringly consistent collection of quality music via his Toolroom imprint. The mix is by no means a straight run-through of current big tunes, rather a musical journey that takes in album exclusives, drawn-out mixing and carefully placed accapellas to coax the maximum levels of impact out of the records.
CD1 begins with a definite soulful house vibe running through it. Mark’s own edit of Cloud Kickers ‘Bring On the Night’ opens the disc in blissfully orchestral fashion which then makes way for Charles Webster’s fantastic remix of US house kingpin Dennis Ferrer’s ‘How Do I Let Go’.
The appearance of current deep house favourite Quarion provides a perfect segue into the more tech-orientated sounds such as Radioslave’s remix of ‘Elevation’ by Jerome Sydenham &Tiger Stripes and album exclusive ‘Scratch & Sniff’ by Nic Fanciulli. The disc closes in frenetic fashion thanks to Mark’s own remix of Underworld’s ‘Beautiful Burnout’, a track that comes across like a later-day version of Lil Louis classic ‘French Kiss’.
By contrast CD2 skips the niceties and goes straight for the jugular. Opening up with Justin Drake’s remix of Tom Noise & Dan Tait’s ‘360 Days’ the early stages of the disc are centred on dark, driving bass lines and incessant grooves that pin you down into the zone and don’t let go.
Steve Mac & Paul Harris’s ‘You’ moves the mix into slightly more melodic territory, while it is twisted out by Mark’s expert mixing style. The track paves the way for another album exclusive in the form of ATFC’s ‘Bad Weed’ with its monster bass stomp and tribal percussion. The journey comes to a climactic finale with Workidz ‘Washmachine’ and Elvis Benait & Tony Gomez’s ‘Gate One’ sitting back-to-back, shifting the energy levels up one more notch before the curtain falls.
Mark explains, “I wanted to create a shortened edition of my epic main room sets at Ministry of Sound, building from very soulful to full on Techno, and with CD2 give people a taste of what’s now and future on my label Toolroom”.
There is no doubt with this latest Toolroom mix he has achieved his objective.
North American Tour Dates
Thurs 28 Aug - Boston, MA @ The Estate
Fri 29 Aug - Chicago, IL @ Sound Bar
Sat 30 Aug - NYC @ Pacha
Sun 31 Aug - Toronto, Ontario @ The Guvernment
***More Dates To Be Announced Shortly***
This double-disc collection covers the length and breadth of the house music spectrum, moving from shades of legendary US producers right through to the current crop of ultra-talented UK and European artists. It is a sound that Mark has lovingly cultivated over many years of solid gigging and through releasing a staggeringly consistent collection of quality music via his Toolroom imprint. The mix is by no means a straight run-through of current big tunes, rather a musical journey that takes in album exclusives, drawn-out mixing and carefully placed accapellas to coax the maximum levels of impact out of the records.
CD1 begins with a definite soulful house vibe running through it. Mark’s own edit of Cloud Kickers ‘Bring On the Night’ opens the disc in blissfully orchestral fashion which then makes way for Charles Webster’s fantastic remix of US house kingpin Dennis Ferrer’s ‘How Do I Let Go’.
The appearance of current deep house favourite Quarion provides a perfect segue into the more tech-orientated sounds such as Radioslave’s remix of ‘Elevation’ by Jerome Sydenham &Tiger Stripes and album exclusive ‘Scratch & Sniff’ by Nic Fanciulli. The disc closes in frenetic fashion thanks to Mark’s own remix of Underworld’s ‘Beautiful Burnout’, a track that comes across like a later-day version of Lil Louis classic ‘French Kiss’.
By contrast CD2 skips the niceties and goes straight for the jugular. Opening up with Justin Drake’s remix of Tom Noise & Dan Tait’s ‘360 Days’ the early stages of the disc are centred on dark, driving bass lines and incessant grooves that pin you down into the zone and don’t let go.
Steve Mac & Paul Harris’s ‘You’ moves the mix into slightly more melodic territory, while it is twisted out by Mark’s expert mixing style. The track paves the way for another album exclusive in the form of ATFC’s ‘Bad Weed’ with its monster bass stomp and tribal percussion. The journey comes to a climactic finale with Workidz ‘Washmachine’ and Elvis Benait & Tony Gomez’s ‘Gate One’ sitting back-to-back, shifting the energy levels up one more notch before the curtain falls.
Mark explains, “I wanted to create a shortened edition of my epic main room sets at Ministry of Sound, building from very soulful to full on Techno, and with CD2 give people a taste of what’s now and future on my label Toolroom”.
There is no doubt with this latest Toolroom mix he has achieved his objective.
North American Tour Dates
Thurs 28 Aug - Boston, MA @ The Estate
Fri 29 Aug - Chicago, IL @ Sound Bar
Sat 30 Aug - NYC @ Pacha
Sun 31 Aug - Toronto, Ontario @ The Guvernment
***More Dates To Be Announced Shortly***
Don Caballero posts new track and on tour
DON CABALLERO (Damon Che: drums, Jason Jouver: bass, and Gene Doyle: guitar) have posted a second new track, “Lord Krepelka”, from their brand new full length Punkgasm today exclusively via ILike. “Lord Krepelka” is currently streaming and is available as a free download for a limited time.
Punkgasm was recorded at Rust Belt Studios in Michigan with long-time producer / engineer Al Sutton. The album’s complete tracklisting is as follows: “Loudest Shop Vac In The World”, “The Irrespective Dick Area”, “Bulk Eye”, “Shit Kids Galore”, “Celestial Dusty Groove”, “Pour You Into The Rug”, “Challenge Jets”, “Lord Krepelka”, “Why Is The Couch Always Wet?”, “Slaughbaugh’s Ought Not Own Dog Data”, “Dirty Looks”, “Who’s A Puppy Cat”, “Awe Man That’s Jive Skip”, and “Punkgasm”. Punkgasm is set for an August 19th North American release date, August 25th internationally and is available for pre-order.
DON CABALLERO has also recently announced their first headlining tour in support of Punkgasm’s release. This tour will kick-off on August 19th in Arlington, VA, and will include support from PONYTAIL on a number of dates. A complete listing of DON CABALLERO tour dates can be found below with corresponding links to purchase tickets.
www.MySpace.com/DonCaballeroPGH.
DON CABALLERO Tour Dates:
***All dates from August 19 thru 30 w/ PONYTAIL***
August 19 Arlington, VA IOTA Club & Café (purchase tickets)
August 20 Baltimore, MD Sonar (purchase tickets)
August 21 Virginia Beach, VA Steppin Out (purchase tickets)
August 22 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s (w/ AN ALBATROSS) (purchase tickets)
August 23 New York, NY Knitting Factory (w/ AN ALBATROSS) (purchase tickets)
August 24 Allston, MA Harper’s Ferry (purchase tickets)
August 25 Montreal, QC Club Lambi (purchase tickets)
August 26 Toronto, ON Lee’s Place (purchase tickets)
August 27 Hamilton, ON Casbah (purchase tickets)
August 28 London, ON Call the Office (purchase tickets)
August 29 Pontiac, MI Pike Room (purchase tickets)
August 30 Chicago, IL Subterranean (purchase tickets)
August 31 St. Paul, MN Turf Club (purchase tickets)
September 2 Dekalb, IL The House Café (purchase tickets)
September 3 St. Louis, MO Bluebird (purchase tickets)
September 4 Cincinnati, OH Northside Tavern (purchase tickets)
September 5 Columbus, OH Café Bourbon Street (purchase tickets)
September 6 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theater (purchase tickets)
Punkgasm was recorded at Rust Belt Studios in Michigan with long-time producer / engineer Al Sutton. The album’s complete tracklisting is as follows: “Loudest Shop Vac In The World”, “The Irrespective Dick Area”, “Bulk Eye”, “Shit Kids Galore”, “Celestial Dusty Groove”, “Pour You Into The Rug”, “Challenge Jets”, “Lord Krepelka”, “Why Is The Couch Always Wet?”, “Slaughbaugh’s Ought Not Own Dog Data”, “Dirty Looks”, “Who’s A Puppy Cat”, “Awe Man That’s Jive Skip”, and “Punkgasm”. Punkgasm is set for an August 19th North American release date, August 25th internationally and is available for pre-order.
DON CABALLERO has also recently announced their first headlining tour in support of Punkgasm’s release. This tour will kick-off on August 19th in Arlington, VA, and will include support from PONYTAIL on a number of dates. A complete listing of DON CABALLERO tour dates can be found below with corresponding links to purchase tickets.
www.MySpace.com/DonCaballeroPGH.
DON CABALLERO Tour Dates:
***All dates from August 19 thru 30 w/ PONYTAIL***
August 19 Arlington, VA IOTA Club & Café (purchase tickets)
August 20 Baltimore, MD Sonar (purchase tickets)
August 21 Virginia Beach, VA Steppin Out (purchase tickets)
August 22 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s (w/ AN ALBATROSS) (purchase tickets)
August 23 New York, NY Knitting Factory (w/ AN ALBATROSS) (purchase tickets)
August 24 Allston, MA Harper’s Ferry (purchase tickets)
August 25 Montreal, QC Club Lambi (purchase tickets)
August 26 Toronto, ON Lee’s Place (purchase tickets)
August 27 Hamilton, ON Casbah (purchase tickets)
August 28 London, ON Call the Office (purchase tickets)
August 29 Pontiac, MI Pike Room (purchase tickets)
August 30 Chicago, IL Subterranean (purchase tickets)
August 31 St. Paul, MN Turf Club (purchase tickets)
September 2 Dekalb, IL The House Café (purchase tickets)
September 3 St. Louis, MO Bluebird (purchase tickets)
September 4 Cincinnati, OH Northside Tavern (purchase tickets)
September 5 Columbus, OH Café Bourbon Street (purchase tickets)
September 6 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theater (purchase tickets)
Fashion Rocks to air Sept. 9
Fashion Rocks first took New York Fashion Week by storm in 2004 and it still remains the hottest ticket of the season. Condé Nast Media Group celebrates the fifth anniversary of Fashion Rocks with an unprecedented line-up of performers including: Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Chris Brown, Duffy, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Mariah Carey and Rihanna among others.
The legendary Radio City Music Hall will once again play host to the star-studded live event on September 5, 2008, celebrating the powerful relationship between fashion and music. The concert will air the following Tuesday night, September 9, 2008 in a two-hour special on the CBS television network (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). Proceeds from the event will benefit Stand Up To Cancer.
“In just five years, Fashion Rocks has become one of the most exciting multi-media events of the year,” said Richard Beckman, president of Condé Nast Media Group. “Whether on stage at the live event, during the show’s broadcast or in the pages of the magazine, Fashion Rocks uniquely celebrates the intersection of two of the most sexy cultural paradigms; fashion and music. This year, we have a spectacular line-up of talent and performances that will take the show to a whole new level.”
New to the mix is producer/director Don Mischer. Mischer, who was at the helm of Movies Rock™, has won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards and a record nine Directors Guild of America Awards. Don Mischer Productions’ credits range from The Kennedy Center Honors, Baryshnikov by Tharp and the 100th Anniversary of Carnegie Hall to Super Bowl halftime shows, the Emmy Awards, and the opening ceremonies of the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games.
The Fashion Rocks magazine will also return this year bigger and better then ever. Slated to reach over 60 million readers and filled with even more editorial content, Fashion Rocks magazine will accompany the September issue of 16 Condé Nast titles. Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and Contributing Editor Jonathan Van Meter will again take the helm as editor-in-chief and editorial director, respectively.
Fashion Rocks is a production of Condé Nast Media Group in association with Don Mischer Productions. Richard Beckman, president of Condé Nast Media Group and Don Mischer serve as Executive Producers.
Fashion Rocks is sponsored by five key advertisers: Chevrolet • Citi • CoverGirl Kohl’s • Nivea • Verizon Wireless
Fans looking for more information on Fashion Rocks can log onto www.fashionrockslive.com
Condé Nast Media Group is a unit of Condé Nast Publications which includes corporate sales, marketing, interactive and direct sales efforts for all of Condé Nast’s consumer magazines and websites. Condé Nast Media Group is recognized as an industry leader for its creation and execution of large-scale, integrated, multi-platform advertising programs and events.
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and was established by a group of media, entertainment and philanthropic leaders, whose lives have all been affected by cancer insignificant ways. Stand Up To Cancer is bringing industry resources -- people, as well as mediums such as television and the web -- to bear in the fight against cancer as never before. The SU2C leadership team includes Katie Couric; the Entertainment Industry Foundation, represented by Board of Directors Chairperson Sherry Lansing (who is Founder of the Sherry Lansing Foundation) and CEO Lisa Paulsen; Laura Ziskin; the Noreen Fraser Foundation and its executives Noreen Fraser (who is also a cancer survivor), Woody Fraser, Rusty Robertson and Sue Schwartz; and nonprofit executive Ellen Ziffren.
The legendary Radio City Music Hall will once again play host to the star-studded live event on September 5, 2008, celebrating the powerful relationship between fashion and music. The concert will air the following Tuesday night, September 9, 2008 in a two-hour special on the CBS television network (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). Proceeds from the event will benefit Stand Up To Cancer.
“In just five years, Fashion Rocks has become one of the most exciting multi-media events of the year,” said Richard Beckman, president of Condé Nast Media Group. “Whether on stage at the live event, during the show’s broadcast or in the pages of the magazine, Fashion Rocks uniquely celebrates the intersection of two of the most sexy cultural paradigms; fashion and music. This year, we have a spectacular line-up of talent and performances that will take the show to a whole new level.”
New to the mix is producer/director Don Mischer. Mischer, who was at the helm of Movies Rock™, has won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards and a record nine Directors Guild of America Awards. Don Mischer Productions’ credits range from The Kennedy Center Honors, Baryshnikov by Tharp and the 100th Anniversary of Carnegie Hall to Super Bowl halftime shows, the Emmy Awards, and the opening ceremonies of the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games.
The Fashion Rocks magazine will also return this year bigger and better then ever. Slated to reach over 60 million readers and filled with even more editorial content, Fashion Rocks magazine will accompany the September issue of 16 Condé Nast titles. Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and Contributing Editor Jonathan Van Meter will again take the helm as editor-in-chief and editorial director, respectively.
Fashion Rocks is a production of Condé Nast Media Group in association with Don Mischer Productions. Richard Beckman, president of Condé Nast Media Group and Don Mischer serve as Executive Producers.
Fashion Rocks is sponsored by five key advertisers: Chevrolet • Citi • CoverGirl Kohl’s • Nivea • Verizon Wireless
Fans looking for more information on Fashion Rocks can log onto www.fashionrockslive.com
Condé Nast Media Group is a unit of Condé Nast Publications which includes corporate sales, marketing, interactive and direct sales efforts for all of Condé Nast’s consumer magazines and websites. Condé Nast Media Group is recognized as an industry leader for its creation and execution of large-scale, integrated, multi-platform advertising programs and events.
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and was established by a group of media, entertainment and philanthropic leaders, whose lives have all been affected by cancer insignificant ways. Stand Up To Cancer is bringing industry resources -- people, as well as mediums such as television and the web -- to bear in the fight against cancer as never before. The SU2C leadership team includes Katie Couric; the Entertainment Industry Foundation, represented by Board of Directors Chairperson Sherry Lansing (who is Founder of the Sherry Lansing Foundation) and CEO Lisa Paulsen; Laura Ziskin; the Noreen Fraser Foundation and its executives Noreen Fraser (who is also a cancer survivor), Woody Fraser, Rusty Robertson and Sue Schwartz; and nonprofit executive Ellen Ziffren.
Street Dogs on tour in September
Punk rock veterans Street Dogs have announced the first leg of their cross-country, headlining tour that will kick off on September 11th in Houston, TX.
Unleashed and on the road, the Street Dogs are touring in support of their critically acclaimed new album, State of Grace.
The Boston raised band have made a name for themselves over the years with rowdy and participatory live shows that are packed with enough fist pumping and frenzied pit action to leave fans coming back for more.
Currently performing on the main stage at this summer’s Van’s Warped Tour, Street Dogs are taking names and winning fans one city at a time with their passionate music and performances. Singer Mike McColgan, who was the original founding singer of the Dropkick Murphys and former Boston firefighter, draws on a wealth of life experiences and observations to inspire his riveting vocal performances, adding a touch of sincere urgency to the non-stop fist-a-cuffs of teeth-gnashing punk rock that the band is known for.
The Street Dogs’ fourth studio album, State of Grace, invokes a sense of camaraderie with songs about family life, hardships, war and redemption, and critics across the country are raising their pints to the album.
· “State of Grace is the most raw, hones and punk rock record The Street Dogs have ever done. Definitely a contender for best album of 2008.” – BBC Radio 1
· “With the kind of organic punk-rock edge that often eludes the Murphys, State of Grace plays like Boston's answer to Social Distortion.” – Cleveland Scene
· “Street Dogs combines the drive of Bad Religion with Against Me’s balance of catchy, layered songwriting and critical appeal.” – Charlotte Observer
· “State of Grace goes back to the hard-bitten, world-wise punk of decades past, with fist-pumping choruses packing an immediacy that doesn’t detract from the songs’ fierce smarts.” – The Hartford Courant
· “Strident protest songs sung by-and for-a tightly knit community” – Penthouse
Catch the Street Dogs on Warped Tour this summer and at their headlining performances this fall.
Street Dogs (w/Time Again & Flatfoot 56) Tour Dates:
9/11 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
9/12 – Pontiac Garage at House of Blues – Dallas, TX
9/13 – Red 7 – Austin, TX
9/14 – The Parish at House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
9/16 – Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL
9/17 – Culture Room – Fort Lauderdale, FL
9/18 – The Social – Orlando, FL
9/19 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
9/20 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
9/21 – Jewish Mother – Virginia Beach, VA
9/23 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
10/1 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
10/2 – Magic Stick – Detroit, MI
10/7 – The Bluebird – St. Louis, MO
10/8 – Sokol Underground – Omaha, NE
10/10 – Club Sound – Salt Lake City, UT
10/19 – The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
(More dates to be announced soon!)
For More Information:
www.Hell-Cat.com
www.Myspace.com/StreetDogs
Unleashed and on the road, the Street Dogs are touring in support of their critically acclaimed new album, State of Grace.
The Boston raised band have made a name for themselves over the years with rowdy and participatory live shows that are packed with enough fist pumping and frenzied pit action to leave fans coming back for more.
Currently performing on the main stage at this summer’s Van’s Warped Tour, Street Dogs are taking names and winning fans one city at a time with their passionate music and performances. Singer Mike McColgan, who was the original founding singer of the Dropkick Murphys and former Boston firefighter, draws on a wealth of life experiences and observations to inspire his riveting vocal performances, adding a touch of sincere urgency to the non-stop fist-a-cuffs of teeth-gnashing punk rock that the band is known for.
The Street Dogs’ fourth studio album, State of Grace, invokes a sense of camaraderie with songs about family life, hardships, war and redemption, and critics across the country are raising their pints to the album.
· “State of Grace is the most raw, hones and punk rock record The Street Dogs have ever done. Definitely a contender for best album of 2008.” – BBC Radio 1
· “With the kind of organic punk-rock edge that often eludes the Murphys, State of Grace plays like Boston's answer to Social Distortion.” – Cleveland Scene
· “Street Dogs combines the drive of Bad Religion with Against Me’s balance of catchy, layered songwriting and critical appeal.” – Charlotte Observer
· “State of Grace goes back to the hard-bitten, world-wise punk of decades past, with fist-pumping choruses packing an immediacy that doesn’t detract from the songs’ fierce smarts.” – The Hartford Courant
· “Strident protest songs sung by-and for-a tightly knit community” – Penthouse
Catch the Street Dogs on Warped Tour this summer and at their headlining performances this fall.
Street Dogs (w/Time Again & Flatfoot 56) Tour Dates:
9/11 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
9/12 – Pontiac Garage at House of Blues – Dallas, TX
9/13 – Red 7 – Austin, TX
9/14 – The Parish at House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
9/16 – Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL
9/17 – Culture Room – Fort Lauderdale, FL
9/18 – The Social – Orlando, FL
9/19 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
9/20 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
9/21 – Jewish Mother – Virginia Beach, VA
9/23 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
10/1 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
10/2 – Magic Stick – Detroit, MI
10/7 – The Bluebird – St. Louis, MO
10/8 – Sokol Underground – Omaha, NE
10/10 – Club Sound – Salt Lake City, UT
10/19 – The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
(More dates to be announced soon!)
For More Information:
www.Hell-Cat.com
www.Myspace.com/StreetDogs
Keaton Simmons shows in August
L.A. singer/songwriter/guitarist Keaton Simons appearing:
Fri 8/8 Pomona, CA Glass House (with Kate Voegele)
Sun 8/10 Los Angeles, CA John Anson Ford Amp (solo acoustic, Koffeehouse Music benefit)
His CBS Records debut, “Can You Hear Me,” came out June 10. In a recent Los Angeles Times Sunday “Calendar” feature, Keaton’s album was praised by writer Scott Gold as “…a deft effort at capturing Simons' unusual and versatile sound. The songs include delicate, jazzy ballads and powerful blues numbers, peppered with elements of Elvis Costello, Eagle-Eye Cherry and Lenny Kravitz.” You can read the rest of the profile here:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-simons15-2008jun15,0,2264033.story?page=1
Throughout “Can You Hear Me,” Keaton’s tasteful Rock/Blues fretwork, masterful songwriting and searing vocals bring an honesty and integrity that’s instantly embracing, a warm emotional center core that reaches from the tangled vulnerability of opening track “Without Your Skin” and the lean, sensual drift of “To Me” to the spry suggestion of the title track and the playful intrigue of “Misfits.” “Nobody Knows” proves instantly infectious, its sinewy rhythms wrapping around an irresistible refrain, while first single “Good Things Get Better” touts an optimistic view of the bonds that develop and strengthen through the inevitable ups and downs of relationships.
Music seems to be in Keaton’s genes. He was singing from the time he started talking…even before his first birthday. By the time he was two, he was entertaining his classmates in day care. At age twelve he was already adept on guitar, and by fourteen he had decided to make music his career. That obsession carried over to college, earning him a degree in Ethnomusicology -- the study of World Music -- at The Evergreen State College in Washington State. Absorbing a varied array of classic influences -- Hendrix, Dylan, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Robert Johnson among them -- he immersed himself in all forms of music, from Rock to Jazz, Blues to Bluegrass and melded them into a mix that’s timely and timeless.
www.keatonsimons.com
www.myspace.com/keatonsimons
Fri 8/8 Pomona, CA Glass House (with Kate Voegele)
Sun 8/10 Los Angeles, CA John Anson Ford Amp (solo acoustic, Koffeehouse Music benefit)
His CBS Records debut, “Can You Hear Me,” came out June 10. In a recent Los Angeles Times Sunday “Calendar” feature, Keaton’s album was praised by writer Scott Gold as “…a deft effort at capturing Simons' unusual and versatile sound. The songs include delicate, jazzy ballads and powerful blues numbers, peppered with elements of Elvis Costello, Eagle-Eye Cherry and Lenny Kravitz.” You can read the rest of the profile here:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-simons15-2008jun15,0,2264033.story?page=1
Throughout “Can You Hear Me,” Keaton’s tasteful Rock/Blues fretwork, masterful songwriting and searing vocals bring an honesty and integrity that’s instantly embracing, a warm emotional center core that reaches from the tangled vulnerability of opening track “Without Your Skin” and the lean, sensual drift of “To Me” to the spry suggestion of the title track and the playful intrigue of “Misfits.” “Nobody Knows” proves instantly infectious, its sinewy rhythms wrapping around an irresistible refrain, while first single “Good Things Get Better” touts an optimistic view of the bonds that develop and strengthen through the inevitable ups and downs of relationships.
Music seems to be in Keaton’s genes. He was singing from the time he started talking…even before his first birthday. By the time he was two, he was entertaining his classmates in day care. At age twelve he was already adept on guitar, and by fourteen he had decided to make music his career. That obsession carried over to college, earning him a degree in Ethnomusicology -- the study of World Music -- at The Evergreen State College in Washington State. Absorbing a varied array of classic influences -- Hendrix, Dylan, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Robert Johnson among them -- he immersed himself in all forms of music, from Rock to Jazz, Blues to Bluegrass and melded them into a mix that’s timely and timeless.
www.keatonsimons.com
www.myspace.com/keatonsimons
Cut Copy and The Presets to tour
CUT COPY AND THE PRESETS ANNOUNCE JOINT-HEADLINE TOUR
SAT 9/13 - Monolith Festival - Denver, CO
MON 9/15 – The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
TUES 9/16 - Fine Line Music Cafe- Minneaplis, MN
WED 9/17 - Metro - Chicago, IL
FRI 9/19 Sound Academy - Toronto, Ontario
SAT 9/20 - Club Soda - Montreal, Quebec
SUN 9/21 - Webster Hall - New York City, NY
MON 9/22 - Webster Hall - New York City, NY
TUE 9/23 - Paradise - Boston, MA
THURS 9/25 – The Trocadero Theater - Philadelphia, PA
FRI 9/26 9:30 Club - Washington D.C.
SAT 9/27 Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
MON 9/29 - Emo's Alternative Lounge - Austin, TX
TUES 9/30 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
FRI 10/3 – The Glass House - Pomona, CA
SUN 10/5 - Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
TUES 10/7 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
WED 10/8 - Showbox At The Market - Seattle, WA
THURS 10/9 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, B.C.
www.myspace.com/thepresets
www.myspace.com/cutcopy
SAT 9/13 - Monolith Festival - Denver, CO
MON 9/15 – The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
TUES 9/16 - Fine Line Music Cafe- Minneaplis, MN
WED 9/17 - Metro - Chicago, IL
FRI 9/19 Sound Academy - Toronto, Ontario
SAT 9/20 - Club Soda - Montreal, Quebec
SUN 9/21 - Webster Hall - New York City, NY
MON 9/22 - Webster Hall - New York City, NY
TUE 9/23 - Paradise - Boston, MA
THURS 9/25 – The Trocadero Theater - Philadelphia, PA
FRI 9/26 9:30 Club - Washington D.C.
SAT 9/27 Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
MON 9/29 - Emo's Alternative Lounge - Austin, TX
TUES 9/30 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
FRI 10/3 – The Glass House - Pomona, CA
SUN 10/5 - Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
TUES 10/7 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
WED 10/8 - Showbox At The Market - Seattle, WA
THURS 10/9 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, B.C.
www.myspace.com/thepresets
www.myspace.com/cutcopy
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Support local music with Sierra Madre Sue
One of my favorite events is happening this Saturday, July 19th in Pasadena. It's the "CELEBRATION ON THE COLORADO STREET BRIDGE", also known as "suicide bridge" to the locals. The annual affair is sponsored by Pasadena Heritage and the proceeds support their preservation and education programs. Festive no host dining and drinks, vintage cars, kids activities, and live music on three stages under the July moon are in store for all who attend.Where else can you see SNOTTY SCOTTY & THE HANKIES, MERCY & THE MERKETTES, ALUMINUM MARSHMALLOW and the AGE OF AQUARIUS HORNS, WRECK 'N' SOW, THE CAIN ENABLERS, FLAT TOP TOM & HIS JUMP CATS, THE CHUCK MANNING QUARTET and more, all in one place for a mere $15? Nowhere, I tell ya!
And you can thank Peter Wilson for putting together a fabulous entertainment line-up again this year. Here he is, pictured with two of Snotty Scotty's biggest fans!
Call 626-441-6333, or visit: http://www.pasadenaheritage.org/ for tickets and info.
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THURS. 7/17 - DAVID SERBY @ THE PIKE BAR IN LONG BEACH, 9pm. 1836 E. 4th St., one block west of Cherry. 562-437-4453. Full bar and dinner 'til late. Americana/Country. http://www.myspace.com/thepike
FRI. 7/18 - "FRIDAY NIGHTS LIVE" IN CLAREMONT, with RICK SHEA - solo acoustic - @ THE LAEMMLE THEATRE COURTYARD, 6 - 9pm. 450 W. 2nd St. Honkytonk/Country.
FRI. 7/18 - DAVE OSTI AND DEANNA COGAN @ THE MAYAN BAR (inside the Aztec Hotel) in MONROVIA, 6 - 9pm Happy Hour. 311 W. Foothill Blvd. 626-358-3231. NO COVER. Full bar, limited food menu. Acoustic Guitar, vocals. Cool dude/Hot chick! http://www.davidvalentinoosti%20.com/
FRI. 7/18 & SAT. 7/19 - "THE SUBS" (Better Than Blue's acoustic alter ego) @ the DOCKSIDE in WEST COVINA, 7:30 - 11:30pm. 3057 E. Garvey Ave. North. In the bar area, but you can order food also. All ages ok. Joe Velosa, Danny Hesse, Felicia Bright. Acoustic rock, soul & blues. 626-915-3474.
FRI. 7/18 - HORSES ON ASTROTURF @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover, free parking, cheap drinks! Hillbilly Hippie Rock with an emphasis on the ROCK this time around, as it will be a TRIBAL HORSES reunion! (Sorry I forgot to list this one last week dudes!)
SAT. 7/19 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. Saturday BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SAT. 7/19 - ANNUAL COLORADO STREET BRIDGE PARTY, 6 - 11pm, featuring SNOTTY SCOTTY & THE HANKIES, MERCY & THE MERKETTES, ALUMINUM MARSHMALLOW & THE AGE OF AQUARIUS HORNS, WRECK 'N' SOW, THE CAIN ENABLERS, FLAT TOP TOM and more! Food & beverages, kids activities, vintage cars, and loads of fun under the stars. One of my favorite events! For complete entertainment schedule and info. go to: http://www.pasadenaheritage.org/
SAT. 7/19 - THE SHEDS opening for the Zombies (yes - the 60's group!) @ THE CANYON CLUB IN AGOURA HILLS, 8pm. $30 tickets available thru TicketMaster, or e-mail me and I can put you in touch with the Sheds for advance discount tix. 28912 Roadside Dr. http://www.myspace.com/shedrock Ska/Reggae/Punk.
SAT. 7/19 - MURPHY'S FLAW doing a LIVE CD recording @ THE BLUE RIDGE PICKIN' PARLOR IN GRANADA HILLS, 8pm. 17828 Chatsworth St. 818-282-9001. $20 at the door/$15 advance. "Accidental Bluegrass". Paul Dorn of Vin Fiz Flyer and New Astroturf fame on upright bass. http://www.murphysflawband.com/
SAT. 7/19 - JOB STRILES @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045 Full bar, no cover, free parking in back. Left-handed Blues guitar, Sierra Madre's own Peter Burke on drums, and sometimes Rick Germond on harmonica. Pete and Rick would be coming over after their gig on the Bridge, so could be 9:30...
SAT. 7/19 - MARTINI DIARIES featuring JEFF STETSON & friends @ COLOMBO'S ITALIAN STEAK HOUSE IN EAGLE ROCK, 10pm - 1am. 1833 Colorado Blvd. 323-254-9138. Full kitchen & bar. Jeff sez: first set will be Jazz & then evolve into "Acid-Lounge-Jazz-Rock!" 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month.
SUN. 7/20 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SUN. 7/20 - "BRUNCH AMERICANA" @ SAFARI SAM'S IN HOLLYWOOD, featuring DAVID SERBY, DAVE GLEASON, and WEST OF TEXAS, 12 - 4pm. 5214 W. Sunset Blvd. 323-666-7267. Full bar and kitchen. Free parking.
SUN. 7/20 - THE MERCY POWELL QUARTET @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 1:30 - 4:30pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd . 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. No cover, all ages. Mercy, Josh, Marc & Peter Burke doin' some standards & jazzy stuff for your dining & listening pleasure!
SUN. 7/20 - "HOOTENANNY" @ SIERRA MADRE BOOKS, 2 - 3:30pm. Sponsored by the Dorothy and Charles Chase Folk Music Culture and Education Fund. (the people who put on the Claremont Folk Festival) 18 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-3200. All ages, FREE. Bring a song to sing, bring an instrument to play. Refreshments will be provided.
SUN. 7/20 - WRECK 'N' SOW @ BARN BURNER RESTAURANT IN PASADENA. 1000 S. Fair Oaks Ave. Call for time: 626-403-RIBS. BBQ, beer, wine. All ages, no cover. Celebrating the restaurant's 3rd Anniversary. Bluegrass.
SUN. 7/20 - "OPERA TO BROADWAY" VOCAL PERFORMANCES @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 7pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. Every Sunday evening. Get there early - they pack 'em in!
JULY 21st - HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER RICK! Great party last week!
MON. 7/21 - RUBBER SOUL (A Beatles Tribute Band) @ COVINA PARK BANDSHELL, 7:30pm. 4th Ave. & Badillo. 626-858-7271. FREE, all ages. Sorry - no other details.
7/22 - "TACO TUESDAY" @ MARY'S MARKET & CAFE IN SIERRA MADRE CANYON, featuring STEVE VARGAS on Acoustic Guitar & Vocals, 7 - 9pm. 561 Woodland Ave. 626-355-4534. Limited parking. Yummy cheap tacos! But save some dough for the poor musician - he's playin' for food & YOUR TIPS!
WED. 7/23 - THE SURFING SAFARIS @ TEMPLE CITY PARK, Performing Ats Pavilion, 7 - 9pm. 9701 Las Tunas Dr. 626-285-2171. FREE, all ages, seating on the green. Food/drinks available for purchase. Beach Party/Surf tunes. Dave Batti of John Stewart's band on bass.
FRI. 7/25 - DAVE OSTI AND DEANNA COGAN @ THE MAYAN BAR (inside the Aztec Hotel) in MONROVIA, 6 - 9pm Happy Hour. 311 W. Foothill Blvd. 626-358-3231. NO COVER. Full bar, limited food menu. Acoustic Guitar, vocals. JORGY'S Birthday Bash! http://www.davidvalentinoosti%20.com/
FRI. 7/25 - "SWING DANCE PARTY" with FLAT TOP TOM @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 8 - 11pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. "Pizza, Martinis and dancing the night away to great swing and blues!!! God bless!!" http://www.flattoptom.com/
FRI. 7/25 - FATSO JETSON and THE BLACK WIDOWS @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9ish, with Mario & Larry of Cafe 322's Fatso going on late. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-355-9045. Full bar, no cover. ROCK.
SAT. 7/26 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. Saturday BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SAT. 7/26 - VIN FIZ FLYER @ GLENDORA STREET FAIR, 12 - 5pm. Bluegrass. more details to come... right Paul?
SAT. 7/26 - STEVEN RADICE, 7pm and BARRY SCHWAM, 8:30pm @ SIERRA CUP IN MONROVIA. 409 S. Myrtle Ave. 626-301-4214. Coffee, ice cream, pastries, etc. Acoustic folk, novelty songs, unique instruments, etc!
SAT. 7/26 - SNOTTY SCOTTY & THE HANKIES and HORSES ON ASTROTURF @ THE AMERICAN LEGION, POST 280 IN PASADENA, 7pm. 179 N. Vinedo. 626-792-9938. $10 admission - goes to the bands, who will alternate sets. The Sons of the American Legion's 60'S SUMMER DANCE PARTY AND 60th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR "CHIEF" "ED" WAYNE GALLEGOS - the man with so many names! All you Eds and Ednas are invited to attend. Chili available for $2. Raffle prizes, including a TV! Full bar, cheap drinks! BIG dance floor, outdoor patio, pool table. Loads of groovy fun!
SAT. 7/26 - THE SUPERSTITIONS @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 8 - 11pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. Blues, R&B, Zydeco. One of Richard Reese's favorite bands! http://www.myspace.com/theesuperstitions
SAT. 7/26 - BETTER THAN BLUE @ MY WAY LOUNGE IN LA CRESCENTA, 9pm. 2959 Honolulu Ave. 818-249-4676. Full bar. Rock, Soul and Blues. Felicia, Danny, Joe & Buggs.
SAT. 7/26 - MERCY & THE MERKETTES @ THE BUCCANEER LOUNGE IN SIERRA MADRE, 9:30pm. 70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Full bar, no cover. R&B, Funk, Disco, Motown. Andrea's ongoing Birthday celebration.
SUN. 7/27 - BARRY "BIG B" BRENNER @ FIREFLY BISTRO IN SOUTH PASADENA, 11am - 2pm. 1009 El Centro. 626-441-2443 . All ages. BLUES Brunch under a big breezy tent. http://www.bigbbrenner.com/
SUN. 7/27 - Have Lunch with NEW ASTROTURF @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 1:30 - 4:30pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food in a comfy setting. Acoustic Folk/Rock, Classic Country. The continuing Birthday celebration for Chad, Greg, Chief & ANDREA!
SUN. 7/27 - "OPERA TO BROADWAY" VOCAL PERFORMANCES @ CAFE 322 IN SIERRA MADRE, 7pm. 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 626-836-5414. Full bar and great Italian food. Every Sunday evening. Get there early - they pack 'em in!
Please remember to call and verify all info. before making plans. Everything is subject to change. This is show biz, after all.
Hope to see you out & about,
SierraMadreSue
sierramadresue@yahoo.com
P.S. Almost every city in the area has free summer concerts in the park. Check their individual websites for schedules and details, or call City Hall.
FOR EVEN MORE COOL SHOWS & INFO., CHECK OUT THESE SITES:
http://cafe322.com/
http://sierracup.com/
http://www.myspace.com/piratedive
http://www.coffeegallery.com/home.html
http://www.myspace.com/americanarootsla
http://www.aliveandpicking.com/calendar.html http://www.covina.com/frethouse/concerts.html
Live Nation announces Fan Appreciation Day - $10 concert tickets available Friday
In light of the escalating transportation costs our fans are experiencing this summer, Live Nation So-Cal announces “Fan Appreciation Day.” This Friday July 18 only, more than 40 shows at 11 of Southern California’s favorite concert venues will have $10 tickets available!
This special, limited-time offer will include area concerts by Maroon 5/Counting Crows, Rod Stewart, A Tribe Called Quest/Nas (Rock The Bells), Marc Anthony, Brand New (Download Festival), Judas Priest, ZZ Top/Brooks & Dunn, and many more great artists.Tickets will be available while supplies last this Friday, July 18 from 10am to midnight. Visit www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.com or any Ticketmaster retail outlet to purchase tickets.Participating L.A.-area events:
Download 2008 Gibson Amphitheatre July 20
(Gang Of Four, Brand New & more)
Teena Marie Gibson Amphitheatre July 25
Bullet For My Valentine The Wiltern July 25
Who’s Bad House of Blues (Ana) July 25
Marc Anthony Gibson Amphitheatre July 26
Less Than Jake/Goldfinger The Wiltern July 26
Rod Stewart Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Aug 1
Cruefest San Manuel Amphitheater Aug 2
(Motley Crue, Buckcherry & more) (formerly Glen Helen Pavilion)
Cavalera Conspiracy House of Blues (Ana) Aug 2
ZZ Top/Brooks & Dunn San Manuel Amphitheater Aug 3
(formerly Glen Helen Pavilion)
Regeneration Tour Gibson Amphitheatre Aug 5
(Human League, Belinda Carlisle & more)
Under A Blood Red Sky House of Blues (Ana) Aug 8
Rock The Bells San Manuel Amphitheater Aug 9
(A Tribe Called Quest, Nas & more) (formerly Glen Helen Pavilion)
Poison Gibson Amphitheatre Aug 23
w/Dokken & Sebastian Bach
Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Aug 24
HuckJam
Eddy Grant House of Blues (Ana) Aug 24
Armando Manzanero Gibson Amphitheatre Aug 24
Reggie & The Full Effect Avalon Aug 26
Steel Pulse House of Blues (Ana) Aug 28
Judas Priest San Manuel Amphitheater Aug 30
(formerly Glen Helen Pavilion)
3 Doors Down Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Aug 31
Maroon 5/Counting Crows Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Sep 12
Nightwish The Wiltern Sep 13
Delerium House of Blues (Ana) Sep 18
Dark Star Orchestra House of Blues (Ana) Sep 25
Bootsy Collins House of Blues (Ana) Sep 26
Music Builds Tour Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Sep 27
Third Day/Switchfoot
Stars House of Blues (Ana) Oct 2
Visit-- http://promo.livenation.com//tendollarLA/ -- for a complete list of participating Southern California dates.
All dates, acts and tickets prices are subject to change. Additional service charges apply.
This special, limited-time offer will include area concerts by Maroon 5/Counting Crows, Rod Stewart, A Tribe Called Quest/Nas (Rock The Bells), Marc Anthony, Brand New (Download Festival), Judas Priest, ZZ Top/Brooks & Dunn, and many more great artists.Tickets will be available while supplies last this Friday, July 18 from 10am to midnight. Visit www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.com or any Ticketmaster retail outlet to purchase tickets.Participating L.A.-area events:
Download 2008 Gibson Amphitheatre July 20
(Gang Of Four, Brand New & more)
Teena Marie Gibson Amphitheatre July 25
Bullet For My Valentine The Wiltern July 25
Who’s Bad House of Blues (Ana) July 25
Marc Anthony Gibson Amphitheatre July 26
Less Than Jake/Goldfinger The Wiltern July 26
Rod Stewart Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Aug 1
Cruefest San Manuel Amphitheater Aug 2
(Motley Crue, Buckcherry & more) (formerly Glen Helen Pavilion)
Cavalera Conspiracy House of Blues (Ana) Aug 2
ZZ Top/Brooks & Dunn San Manuel Amphitheater Aug 3
(formerly Glen Helen Pavilion)
Regeneration Tour Gibson Amphitheatre Aug 5
(Human League, Belinda Carlisle & more)
Under A Blood Red Sky House of Blues (Ana) Aug 8
Rock The Bells San Manuel Amphitheater Aug 9
(A Tribe Called Quest, Nas & more) (formerly Glen Helen Pavilion)
Poison Gibson Amphitheatre Aug 23
w/Dokken & Sebastian Bach
Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Aug 24
HuckJam
Eddy Grant House of Blues (Ana) Aug 24
Armando Manzanero Gibson Amphitheatre Aug 24
Reggie & The Full Effect Avalon Aug 26
Steel Pulse House of Blues (Ana) Aug 28
Judas Priest San Manuel Amphitheater Aug 30
(formerly Glen Helen Pavilion)
3 Doors Down Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Aug 31
Maroon 5/Counting Crows Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Sep 12
Nightwish The Wiltern Sep 13
Delerium House of Blues (Ana) Sep 18
Dark Star Orchestra House of Blues (Ana) Sep 25
Bootsy Collins House of Blues (Ana) Sep 26
Music Builds Tour Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Sep 27
Third Day/Switchfoot
Stars House of Blues (Ana) Oct 2
Visit-- http://promo.livenation.com//tendollarLA/ -- for a complete list of participating Southern California dates.
All dates, acts and tickets prices are subject to change. Additional service charges apply.
Ximena Sarinana tapped for Descubre & Download program
Ximena Sariñana is the latest hot new arist tapped by MTV Tr3's for its highly popular Descubre & Download program. The multiplatform music discovery platform has been lauded by music executives as “critical” in launching new careers and by Rolling Stone Magazine as “career changing.”Ximena is a Mexican singer-songwriter-pianist who at age 22 is being celebrated as an extraordinarily mature and distinctive recording artist, one who combines echoes of Ella Fitzgerald and Edith Piaf recordings with her own unique cultural sounds. Ximena has been a well-known professional actress in Mexico since the age of four. She released her first album, Mediocre, there in February of this year and achieved a level of success unprecedented for a new artist: The album debuted at the top of the album charts and remained there for five weeks, earning her Gold sales status in the recording’s first few months on sale. The album is still in the top ten.
She says “ I am thrilled to be able to share my music with my Latino brothers and sisters in the U.S. and there’s no better way to do that than through MTV Tr3's.”
“We love Ximena's unabashed musical style and her originality. She is a unique and gifted artist with an album that is genre breaking and full of surprises. Our audience will immediately connect with her incredible lyrics and her creative visual style. We are excited to be part of the launch of Ximena's career,” said Jesus Lara, Senior Vice President, Music and Talent for MTV Tr3's and MTV/VH1 Latin America.
Ximena will get aggressive on-air exposure, interactive online elements, wireless content distribution and other off-air promotional and marketing elements designed to reach today’s multitasking music fan. Her single “Vidas Paralelas” is available as free, exclusive downloads at http://download.mtvtr3s.com/In addition, Ximena will have a dedicated artist page at mtvtr3s .com where her bio, behind-the-scenes photo gallery, and snaggable music and D&D videos will also be available. MTV Tr3s Radio will feature Ximena’s Descubre & Download vignettes and MTV Rhapsody fans will also have links to the her Descubre & Download pages.
Production to began on music-based drama, "Crazy Heart"
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges, two-time Golden Globe® nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal and Academy Award® winner Robert Duvall will star in the music-based drama, CRAZY HEART, scheduled to begin shooting in August in and around Santa Fe, N.M. Produced by Duvall’s and Robert Carliner’s Butchers Run Films, CMT Films and Informant Media, CRAZY HEART will debut in theatres in mid-2009. Theatrical distribution plans will be announced shortly.
Grammy®-winning and Academy Award®-nominated composer and producer T Bone Burnett will produce original music for the film and soundtrack with songwriter Stephen Bruton. Bridges, who released his debut album Be Here Soon in 2000, will perform original songs for both.
Based on the debut novel by Thomas Cobb, CRAZY HEART is a story about a down-on-his-luck, alcoholic country music singer (Bridges) who, through his relationship and experiences with a female reporter (Gyllenhaal), is able to get his life and career back on track. Bridges’ character plays mentor to a hotshot contemporary country star at the peak of his career, while struggling in the younger star’s shadow.
“Butchers Run is excited to be part of the team bringing CRAZY HEART to the screen,” says star and producer Duvall. “We've assembled an incredible cast, matched with a superior script by a talented, up-and-coming filmmaker Scott Cooper. This film will honor a great American tradition: country music, a world I know very well and am happy to be returning to after many years.”
“We knew from the moment we read the script that this was a film we absolutely wanted to make, and Duvall’s enthusiasm for the project became our passion as well,” says Jeff Yapp, executive vice president, Program Enterprises, MTVN. “CMT Films is honored to work with such a talented, award-winning group.”
Brian Philips, executive vice president and general manager of CMT says, “CRAZY HEART is the story we've been waiting to tell. This project has charmed not only the screen's most gifted talent, but also fired the musical imagination of T Bone Burnett. An unprecedented collaboration has begun."
CRAZY HEART will be produced by Butchers Run’s Robert Duvall and Robert Carliner, Informant Media’s Judy Cairo, Scott Cooper and T Bone Burnett. Jeff Bridges is an executive producer, along with Informant’s Michael A. Simpson and Eric Brenner, and Jeff Yapp for CMT Films. Cooper also serves as writer and director.
Jeff Bridges is a four-time Academy Award®-nominated actor. His most notable films include "The Last Picture Show," for which he received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actor, "The Big Lebowski" and "Seabiscuit." Earlier in his career, he was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor for his role in "Starman" and for Best Supporting Actor for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot." In 2000, Bridges was nominated for his fourth Academy-Award® for his role in "The Contender." This year, he plays the role of Obadiah Stain in the Marvel blockbuster, "Iron Man."
After making her acting debut in the 1992 film “Waterland,” Maggie Gyllenhaal appeared in such films as “A Dangerous Woman,” “Shattered Mind” and “Homegrown.” In 2001, she achieved recognition for her role in the cult hit “Donnie Darko” and then in 2002 she starred in her break-out role in “Secretary,” which earned Gyllenhaal critical acclaim and a Golden Globe® nomination. Gyllenhaal has since chosen an eclectic range of films including “Sherrybaby,” for which she was again nominated for a Golden Globe®, “Happy Endings” and “World Trade Center.” Currently, she is starring in “The Dark Knight,” the sequel to “Batman Begins.”
An Academy Award® and Emmy Award®-winning actor, Robert Duvall’s breakout role came with his performance as Tom Hagen in "The Godfather." Following this success, Duvall received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actor in "Apocalypse Now" and a nomination for Best Actor in "The Great Santini." In 1983, he won an Academy Award® for Best Actor in "Tender Mercies," which was followed by an Emmy® nomination for his role in the TV mini-series "Lonesome Dove." Duvall received a second Emmy® nomination and a Golden Globe® for his portrayal of Joseph Stalin in the TV film "Stalin.”
He also wrote, directed and starred in the critically-acclaimed Butchers Run film, "The Apostle." For the AMC/Butchers Run Films movie “Broken Trail,” Duvall won an Emmy Award® for Best Actor. The critically-acclaimed TV miniseries garnered a total of 16 Emmy® nominations and won for Outstanding miniseries. This year, Duvall will appear in the feature films “Four Christmases” with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon and “The Road” with Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron.
T Bone Burnett has produced, written, scored and overseen music for such films as “O Brother Where Art Thou?,” “Cold Mountain,” “Walk The Line” and “The Big Lebowski.” His work on “O Brother” earned him multiple Grammy® awards in 2001, including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year, and sold more than ten million copies worldwide. He received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Song, along with Elvis Costello, for The Scarlet Tide from “Cold Mountain” in 2004 and was awarded another Grammy® for his work as producer of the “Walk The Line” soundtrack in 2007.
Burnett has produced some of music’s most acclaimed releases including last year’s Raising Sand, a collaborative album from Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Some of his other best-known productions include albums by Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Tony Bennett and k.d. Lang, Counting Crows, The Wallflowers and Los Lobos.
Grammy®-winning and Academy Award®-nominated composer and producer T Bone Burnett will produce original music for the film and soundtrack with songwriter Stephen Bruton. Bridges, who released his debut album Be Here Soon in 2000, will perform original songs for both.
Based on the debut novel by Thomas Cobb, CRAZY HEART is a story about a down-on-his-luck, alcoholic country music singer (Bridges) who, through his relationship and experiences with a female reporter (Gyllenhaal), is able to get his life and career back on track. Bridges’ character plays mentor to a hotshot contemporary country star at the peak of his career, while struggling in the younger star’s shadow.
“Butchers Run is excited to be part of the team bringing CRAZY HEART to the screen,” says star and producer Duvall. “We've assembled an incredible cast, matched with a superior script by a talented, up-and-coming filmmaker Scott Cooper. This film will honor a great American tradition: country music, a world I know very well and am happy to be returning to after many years.”
“We knew from the moment we read the script that this was a film we absolutely wanted to make, and Duvall’s enthusiasm for the project became our passion as well,” says Jeff Yapp, executive vice president, Program Enterprises, MTVN. “CMT Films is honored to work with such a talented, award-winning group.”
Brian Philips, executive vice president and general manager of CMT says, “CRAZY HEART is the story we've been waiting to tell. This project has charmed not only the screen's most gifted talent, but also fired the musical imagination of T Bone Burnett. An unprecedented collaboration has begun."
CRAZY HEART will be produced by Butchers Run’s Robert Duvall and Robert Carliner, Informant Media’s Judy Cairo, Scott Cooper and T Bone Burnett. Jeff Bridges is an executive producer, along with Informant’s Michael A. Simpson and Eric Brenner, and Jeff Yapp for CMT Films. Cooper also serves as writer and director.
Jeff Bridges is a four-time Academy Award®-nominated actor. His most notable films include "The Last Picture Show," for which he received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actor, "The Big Lebowski" and "Seabiscuit." Earlier in his career, he was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor for his role in "Starman" and for Best Supporting Actor for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot." In 2000, Bridges was nominated for his fourth Academy-Award® for his role in "The Contender." This year, he plays the role of Obadiah Stain in the Marvel blockbuster, "Iron Man."
After making her acting debut in the 1992 film “Waterland,” Maggie Gyllenhaal appeared in such films as “A Dangerous Woman,” “Shattered Mind” and “Homegrown.” In 2001, she achieved recognition for her role in the cult hit “Donnie Darko” and then in 2002 she starred in her break-out role in “Secretary,” which earned Gyllenhaal critical acclaim and a Golden Globe® nomination. Gyllenhaal has since chosen an eclectic range of films including “Sherrybaby,” for which she was again nominated for a Golden Globe®, “Happy Endings” and “World Trade Center.” Currently, she is starring in “The Dark Knight,” the sequel to “Batman Begins.”
An Academy Award® and Emmy Award®-winning actor, Robert Duvall’s breakout role came with his performance as Tom Hagen in "The Godfather." Following this success, Duvall received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actor in "Apocalypse Now" and a nomination for Best Actor in "The Great Santini." In 1983, he won an Academy Award® for Best Actor in "Tender Mercies," which was followed by an Emmy® nomination for his role in the TV mini-series "Lonesome Dove." Duvall received a second Emmy® nomination and a Golden Globe® for his portrayal of Joseph Stalin in the TV film "Stalin.”
He also wrote, directed and starred in the critically-acclaimed Butchers Run film, "The Apostle." For the AMC/Butchers Run Films movie “Broken Trail,” Duvall won an Emmy Award® for Best Actor. The critically-acclaimed TV miniseries garnered a total of 16 Emmy® nominations and won for Outstanding miniseries. This year, Duvall will appear in the feature films “Four Christmases” with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon and “The Road” with Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron.
T Bone Burnett has produced, written, scored and overseen music for such films as “O Brother Where Art Thou?,” “Cold Mountain,” “Walk The Line” and “The Big Lebowski.” His work on “O Brother” earned him multiple Grammy® awards in 2001, including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year, and sold more than ten million copies worldwide. He received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Song, along with Elvis Costello, for The Scarlet Tide from “Cold Mountain” in 2004 and was awarded another Grammy® for his work as producer of the “Walk The Line” soundtrack in 2007.
Burnett has produced some of music’s most acclaimed releases including last year’s Raising Sand, a collaborative album from Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Some of his other best-known productions include albums by Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Tony Bennett and k.d. Lang, Counting Crows, The Wallflowers and Los Lobos.
Upcoming concerts around California from Live Nation
On Sale Saturday July 19 at 10 AM:
Go Country 105 FM
TOO HOT FOR SUMMER
Starring:
MARTINA McBRIDE
With Special Guests:
Jack Ingram – Chris Young
Randy Houser – David Nail
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Saturday August 16
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 1 pm
KID ROCK
With Special Guest: Rehab
Gibson Amphitheatre
September 25th
On Sale Saturday July 19 at 1 PM
KID ROCK
With Special Guest: Rehab
Rabobank Convention Center
September 16th
On Sale Saturday July 19 at 10 AM:
ART LABOE SHOW
Starring:
JERRY BUTLER - CON FUNK SHUN
HARVEY FUQUA - BARBARA LYNN
MC MAGIC - SLY SLICK & WICKED
HONEY CONE - AALON
ZAPP
San Manuel Amphitheater
Saturday September 13
On Sale Friday, July 18 at 10 am
SARA BAREILLES
With Special Guest
The Wiltern
October 11th
On Sale Thursday, July 17 at 12 noon
OPETH
With Special Guest: High On Fire & Baroness
The Wiltern
October 7th
On Sale Thursday July 17 at 4 PM:
CHILDREN OF BODOM
With Special Guests:
Between the Buried and Me
And more
The Wiltern
Friday September 19
On Sale Friday July 18 at 10 AM:
COHEED AND CAMBRIA
With Special Guest
Four Shows!
Avalon
November 5, 6, 7 & 8
On Sale Friday July 18 at 12 Noon
AMON AMARTH
With Guests:
Ensiferum, Belphegor, and The Absence
Avalon (Hollywood)
October 2nd
On Sale Friday July 18 at 12 Noon
JAMIE LIDELL
Avalon
September 29
On Sale Friday July 18 at Noon
TOADIES
The Roxy Theatre
September 11th
Go Country 105 FM
TOO HOT FOR SUMMER
Starring:
MARTINA McBRIDE
With Special Guests:
Jack Ingram – Chris Young
Randy Houser – David Nail
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Saturday August 16
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 1 pm
KID ROCK
With Special Guest: Rehab
Gibson Amphitheatre
September 25th
On Sale Saturday July 19 at 1 PM
KID ROCK
With Special Guest: Rehab
Rabobank Convention Center
September 16th
On Sale Saturday July 19 at 10 AM:
ART LABOE SHOW
Starring:
JERRY BUTLER - CON FUNK SHUN
HARVEY FUQUA - BARBARA LYNN
MC MAGIC - SLY SLICK & WICKED
HONEY CONE - AALON
ZAPP
San Manuel Amphitheater
Saturday September 13
On Sale Friday, July 18 at 10 am
SARA BAREILLES
With Special Guest
The Wiltern
October 11th
On Sale Thursday, July 17 at 12 noon
OPETH
With Special Guest: High On Fire & Baroness
The Wiltern
October 7th
On Sale Thursday July 17 at 4 PM:
CHILDREN OF BODOM
With Special Guests:
Between the Buried and Me
And more
The Wiltern
Friday September 19
On Sale Friday July 18 at 10 AM:
COHEED AND CAMBRIA
With Special Guest
Four Shows!
Avalon
November 5, 6, 7 & 8
On Sale Friday July 18 at 12 Noon
AMON AMARTH
With Guests:
Ensiferum, Belphegor, and The Absence
Avalon (Hollywood)
October 2nd
On Sale Friday July 18 at 12 Noon
JAMIE LIDELL
Avalon
September 29
On Sale Friday July 18 at Noon
TOADIES
The Roxy Theatre
September 11th
Earlimart on tour
Earlimart appearances:
Instore Dates:
7/8 - Tues - Amoeba - Hollywood, CA - 7pm
7/17 - Thu - M-Theory - San Diego, CA - 7pm
7/22 - Tue - Sonic Boom (Ballard) - Seattle, WA - 5pm
7/26 - Sat - Reckless - Chicago, IL - 7pm
7/29 - Tues - Sound fix - Brooklyn, NY - 7pm
8/5 - Tue - Waterloo - Austin, TX - 5pm
Tour Dates:
07-17 San Diego, CA - Casbah
07-18 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
07-19 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
07-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
07-22 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
07-25 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
07-26 Chicago, IL - The Hideout
07-30 Cambridge, MA - Middle East (Upstairs)
07-31 Brooklyn, NY - Masonic Temple
08-01 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
08-02 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar0
8-05 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
After returning from their never ending tour for last years Mentor Tormentor, Aaron and Ariana headed back to their Ship studio to record Hymn and Her. In fact after 10 years of being in the band, Aaron and Ariana have made a vow to release at least one record every fiscal year for the next 10 years. Or, unless Aaron and Ari decide that they don't want to.
"We recorded the new album (Hymn and Her) really quickly. We didn't wanna wait another 3 years to make another record. We just wanna keep makin' stuff," says Espinoza.
Hymn and Her was written and produced by Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray at the band's Ship Studio in Eagle Rock, CA. The making of the record was quick compared to the two years of work that went into Mentor Tormentor, and it proves to be more organic and diverse than anything the band has done before. The band has over the years metamorphosed into a two piece an introspective songwriting team whose recordings have lush production quality.
Despite the "down and dirty" approach, the album still has a very layered and rich sound, which is due in large part to Lynch's contribution. He"s credited in the liner notes as "engineering w/ additional production, music, and magic-making," and nothing seems more apt to describe the sonic manipulations that give the album its unique and varied
This new offering will be Earlimart's second on Majordomo, an imprint formed as a partnership
between Earlimart and Shout! Factory, offering the band greater creative freedom. Majordomo will also sign and produce other like-minded artists.
Instore Dates:
7/8 - Tues - Amoeba - Hollywood, CA - 7pm
7/17 - Thu - M-Theory - San Diego, CA - 7pm
7/22 - Tue - Sonic Boom (Ballard) - Seattle, WA - 5pm
7/26 - Sat - Reckless - Chicago, IL - 7pm
7/29 - Tues - Sound fix - Brooklyn, NY - 7pm
8/5 - Tue - Waterloo - Austin, TX - 5pm
Tour Dates:
07-17 San Diego, CA - Casbah
07-18 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
07-19 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
07-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
07-22 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
07-25 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
07-26 Chicago, IL - The Hideout
07-30 Cambridge, MA - Middle East (Upstairs)
07-31 Brooklyn, NY - Masonic Temple
08-01 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
08-02 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar0
8-05 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
After returning from their never ending tour for last years Mentor Tormentor, Aaron and Ariana headed back to their Ship studio to record Hymn and Her. In fact after 10 years of being in the band, Aaron and Ariana have made a vow to release at least one record every fiscal year for the next 10 years. Or, unless Aaron and Ari decide that they don't want to.
"We recorded the new album (Hymn and Her) really quickly. We didn't wanna wait another 3 years to make another record. We just wanna keep makin' stuff," says Espinoza.
Hymn and Her was written and produced by Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray at the band's Ship Studio in Eagle Rock, CA. The making of the record was quick compared to the two years of work that went into Mentor Tormentor, and it proves to be more organic and diverse than anything the band has done before. The band has over the years metamorphosed into a two piece an introspective songwriting team whose recordings have lush production quality.
Despite the "down and dirty" approach, the album still has a very layered and rich sound, which is due in large part to Lynch's contribution. He"s credited in the liner notes as "engineering w/ additional production, music, and magic-making," and nothing seems more apt to describe the sonic manipulations that give the album its unique and varied
This new offering will be Earlimart's second on Majordomo, an imprint formed as a partnership
between Earlimart and Shout! Factory, offering the band greater creative freedom. Majordomo will also sign and produce other like-minded artists.
Take a hike to Crystal Lake July 26
The US Forest Service will have its monthly Naturalist led tour on Saturday, July 26th 2007.
Due to the overwhelming interest in the Crystal Lake area, we will be repeating the Crystal Lake tour again this month. After the 9AM introduction we will be car-pooling up Hwy. 39 to the Lake, with stops along the way at Bichotta Mesa, and Valley of the Moon. We will discuss wildlife, geology, landslides, and fire ecology. This is an excellent outing for families, scout groups, or anyone interested in their local mountains. Bring a lunch, will be eating at Crystal Lake campground around 11:30.
The tour will start at 9AM and last until about 1PM, meet at the San Gabriel Canyon Environmental Education Center, which is located 0.7 miles PAST the East Fork Bridge on Hwy. 39 above the City of Azusa.
Cost is $ 5.00 per person.
Visitors should bring water, lunch, sturdy walking shoes, sun screen, insect repellent, cameras, binoculars and dress in layers for the weather (it may be warm). Hiking will not be strenuous but we will be hiking over uneven and rocky terrain. Make sure that your vehicle is in good working order , and you have a full tank of gas.
If you have questions or concerns contact Steve Segreto at (909) 982-2879
Due to the overwhelming interest in the Crystal Lake area, we will be repeating the Crystal Lake tour again this month. After the 9AM introduction we will be car-pooling up Hwy. 39 to the Lake, with stops along the way at Bichotta Mesa, and Valley of the Moon. We will discuss wildlife, geology, landslides, and fire ecology. This is an excellent outing for families, scout groups, or anyone interested in their local mountains. Bring a lunch, will be eating at Crystal Lake campground around 11:30.
The tour will start at 9AM and last until about 1PM, meet at the San Gabriel Canyon Environmental Education Center, which is located 0.7 miles PAST the East Fork Bridge on Hwy. 39 above the City of Azusa.
Cost is $ 5.00 per person.
Visitors should bring water, lunch, sturdy walking shoes, sun screen, insect repellent, cameras, binoculars and dress in layers for the weather (it may be warm). Hiking will not be strenuous but we will be hiking over uneven and rocky terrain. Make sure that your vehicle is in good working order , and you have a full tank of gas.
If you have questions or concerns contact Steve Segreto at (909) 982-2879
Songalive! workshop and job openings
LOS ANGELES SONG CRITIQUE WORKSHOP with GUEST SPEAKER: Sunday July 20th, 2008
With Song critique session first half, followed by Guest Speaker: RANDY SHARPTOPIC: In Defense of Writing Selfishly
Songsalive! holds workshops where songwriters gather to share their songs, gain feedback and develop relationships within the songwriting communitieswe have created around the world. The first half is solely dedicated to an in-the-round workshop where writers present one song each - either on tape,CD or live - followed by a guest speaker/industry discussion in the second half and plenty of time to talk and network. Moderated by Paul Lawrence Moyer. Details:
For more info: http://www.songsalive.org/losangeles
WHEN: Sunday July 20th, 2008
WHERE: THE FINNISH CENTER
10701 Magnolia Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Just East of Vineland
TIME: Starts 12:00pm SHARP. Ends at 3pm. Please be on time.
COST: $5 for non-members, free to Songsalive! members. You can join Songsalive! to participate in the workshops at http://www.songsalive.org go Join.
REGISTER: Pre-registrations helpful but not necessary. Call: 818-506-3850 or email paul@songsalive.org . You will be automatically registered bycontacting us. Or just turn up, but get there early to be considered for song critique.
FIRST HALF SONG CRITIQUE - RULES & WHAT TO BRING: 1 song either on tape, CD or live (bring own guitar or keyboard) and 20 copies of your typed lyricsheet with contact details clearly displayed. Read the RULES at http://www.songsalive.org/workshoprules
SECOND HALF GUEST SPEAKER: RANDY SHARP
TOPIC: In Defense of Writing Selfishly
With few exceptions, a writer who listens only to the requests of the marketplace, will eliminate any possiblilty of writing something new and genre expanding. the selfish writer, on the other hand, writing to satisfy that internal audience of one, may actually take us to new places and, on occasion, sneak some art into the business of songwriting.
Randy's songs have been recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou Harris, The Dixie Chicks, Restlest Heart, Clay Walker, Blood Sweat and Tears, Marty Robbins, Edgar Winter, Reba McEntire, Big Bird... to name only a few. Many of them hits, a few of them number ones and three of them Grammy winners. As far as his own performances go, David Scarlett of the Country Weekly says: "... he makes it seem effortless. And, most important of all, his performance of his own material confirms the truism that, no matter how many superstars record a song, no one interprets it better than the guy who wrote it."
Visit Randy online at: www.randysharp.ws
All speakers biographies can be read at http://www.songsalive.org/speakers
For Songsalive! information, media and membership inquiries (not Workshop inquiries, use contact above) ñ call head office at 801-838-5411 or Emailusa@songsalive.org
Join our email list and discussion groups at www.songsalive.org/community . Be reminded of this event by joining eNotes discussion group on that link.
Songsalive!Songsalive! is a non-profit organization dedicated to the nurturing, support and promotion of songwriters and composers worldwide.
http://www.songsalive.org
http://www.songsalive.org/losangeles
JOB OPENINGS - We need coordinators, web designer, volunteers! www.songsalive.org/jobs.html
With Song critique session first half, followed by Guest Speaker: RANDY SHARPTOPIC: In Defense of Writing Selfishly
Songsalive! holds workshops where songwriters gather to share their songs, gain feedback and develop relationships within the songwriting communitieswe have created around the world. The first half is solely dedicated to an in-the-round workshop where writers present one song each - either on tape,CD or live - followed by a guest speaker/industry discussion in the second half and plenty of time to talk and network. Moderated by Paul Lawrence Moyer. Details:
For more info: http://www.songsalive.org/losangeles
WHEN: Sunday July 20th, 2008
WHERE: THE FINNISH CENTER
10701 Magnolia Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Just East of Vineland
TIME: Starts 12:00pm SHARP. Ends at 3pm. Please be on time.
COST: $5 for non-members, free to Songsalive! members. You can join Songsalive! to participate in the workshops at http://www.songsalive.org go Join.
REGISTER: Pre-registrations helpful but not necessary. Call: 818-506-3850 or email paul@songsalive.org . You will be automatically registered bycontacting us. Or just turn up, but get there early to be considered for song critique.
FIRST HALF SONG CRITIQUE - RULES & WHAT TO BRING: 1 song either on tape, CD or live (bring own guitar or keyboard) and 20 copies of your typed lyricsheet with contact details clearly displayed. Read the RULES at http://www.songsalive.org/workshoprules
SECOND HALF GUEST SPEAKER: RANDY SHARP
TOPIC: In Defense of Writing Selfishly
With few exceptions, a writer who listens only to the requests of the marketplace, will eliminate any possiblilty of writing something new and genre expanding. the selfish writer, on the other hand, writing to satisfy that internal audience of one, may actually take us to new places and, on occasion, sneak some art into the business of songwriting.
Randy's songs have been recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou Harris, The Dixie Chicks, Restlest Heart, Clay Walker, Blood Sweat and Tears, Marty Robbins, Edgar Winter, Reba McEntire, Big Bird... to name only a few. Many of them hits, a few of them number ones and three of them Grammy winners. As far as his own performances go, David Scarlett of the Country Weekly says: "... he makes it seem effortless. And, most important of all, his performance of his own material confirms the truism that, no matter how many superstars record a song, no one interprets it better than the guy who wrote it."
Visit Randy online at: www.randysharp.ws
All speakers biographies can be read at http://www.songsalive.org/speakers
For Songsalive! information, media and membership inquiries (not Workshop inquiries, use contact above) ñ call head office at 801-838-5411 or Emailusa@songsalive.org
Join our email list and discussion groups at www.songsalive.org/community . Be reminded of this event by joining eNotes discussion group on that link.
Songsalive!Songsalive! is a non-profit organization dedicated to the nurturing, support and promotion of songwriters and composers worldwide.
http://www.songsalive.org
http://www.songsalive.org/losangeles
JOB OPENINGS - We need coordinators, web designer, volunteers! www.songsalive.org/jobs.html
Rick Shea solo shows Friday and Sunday
Rick Shea solo acoustic:
Fri July 18th
Friday Nites Out
City of Claremont
Laemmle Theater Courtyard
6 - 9pm
Sun July 20th 11:30am
Boulevard Music Summer Fest
Veterans Park
Culver City
Fri July 18th
Friday Nites Out
City of Claremont
Laemmle Theater Courtyard
6 - 9pm
Sun July 20th 11:30am
Boulevard Music Summer Fest
Veterans Park
Culver City
I See Hawks in L.A. at the Redwood
I See Hawks In L.A.
play
The Redwood Bar and Grill
316 W. 2nd Street (between Broadway and Hill)
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Saturday, August 9
10 p.m. to late night, free!
Our Off To Europe Minitour show, come on down!
Phone: 213.680.2600
info@theredwoodbar.com
http://www.theredwoodbar.com/
www.iseehawks.com
play
The Redwood Bar and Grill
316 W. 2nd Street (between Broadway and Hill)
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Saturday, August 9
10 p.m. to late night, free!
Our Off To Europe Minitour show, come on down!
Phone: 213.680.2600
info@theredwoodbar.com
http://www.theredwoodbar.com/
www.iseehawks.com
Blessid Union of Souls back in studio
After rotating band members, management companies and record labels over the past few years, BLESSID UNION OF SOULS—founders lead singer/songwriter, Eliot Sloan and bassist Tony Clark, along with six year vets Bryan Billhimer (guitars) and Shaun Schaefer (drums)--are back with the band's sixth studio album, CLOSE TO THE EDGE. It’s due out September 16 on Torque Records (distributed by Sony/Victory/Red). The first single, “Could’ve Been With Me,” is currently being serviced to radio stations nationwide and will be made available on iTunes in the coming weeks.
With CLOSE TO THE EDGE, the Cincinnati band embarks on an album that is more indicative to what the four of them bring to the table musically. Taking eight tracks from their previously independent album, PERCEPTION and adding four fresh new songs to the record, the band is back in full force with a new outlook on their careers.
Blessid Union Of Souls fans can be reassured that they have not abandoned the song writing integrity that helped establish them as one of the premier groups of the past decade. Their knack for simple, sing along melodies can be heard in the instantly likeable “I’ll Be There” and their taste for intriguing themes is evident in their opening track, “Back From The Dead,” which is an emotional, personal piece about recovery from addictions.
“CLOSE TO THE EDGE, in its entirety and its title, represents exactly where we are as a band,” explains lead singer Eliot Sloan. “There’s a sense of urgency in this record that was completely unintentional and I think it turned out better than anyone in the band expected. It’s the record we’ve been trying to make for the last 5 years, and to hear it as a completed work, knowing it’s about to be released to the masses, has us feeling like this is the first record we’ve ever released.”
Blessid Union Of Souls has been blessed indeed since their 1995 debut. They’ve had eight Top 40 hits including “I Wanna Be There,” “Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)” and “I Believe,” which reached #1 in the U.S., Southeast Asia and England while becoming the fourth most played song of 1995; they’ve performed worldwide with The Goo Goo Dolls, Bon Jovi, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan and with Mike and The Mechanics at two sold-out shows at Royal Albert Hall in England; their songs have been heard in movies with Jodie Foster, Jim Carrey and Penny Marshall, as well as on TV shows like "Cold Case," "All My Children," "Dancing With The Stars" and "American Idol.”
With their humble, not-so-rock-star attitude, radio-friendly songs and an absolute love for their fans, Blessid Union Of Souls continues to defy odds and remain a steady, driving force on the music scene. With their new album on the horizon and a tour to follow, the band doesn’t complain about the climate of the industry, they just continue to do what they’ve done from the beginning that have made them a mainstay in pop music: write songs from the heart.
Stay tuned for news about U.S. tour dates launching later this year…
www.blessidunionofsoulsonline.com
www.myspace.com/blessidunionofsouls
With CLOSE TO THE EDGE, the Cincinnati band embarks on an album that is more indicative to what the four of them bring to the table musically. Taking eight tracks from their previously independent album, PERCEPTION and adding four fresh new songs to the record, the band is back in full force with a new outlook on their careers.
Blessid Union Of Souls fans can be reassured that they have not abandoned the song writing integrity that helped establish them as one of the premier groups of the past decade. Their knack for simple, sing along melodies can be heard in the instantly likeable “I’ll Be There” and their taste for intriguing themes is evident in their opening track, “Back From The Dead,” which is an emotional, personal piece about recovery from addictions.
“CLOSE TO THE EDGE, in its entirety and its title, represents exactly where we are as a band,” explains lead singer Eliot Sloan. “There’s a sense of urgency in this record that was completely unintentional and I think it turned out better than anyone in the band expected. It’s the record we’ve been trying to make for the last 5 years, and to hear it as a completed work, knowing it’s about to be released to the masses, has us feeling like this is the first record we’ve ever released.”
Blessid Union Of Souls has been blessed indeed since their 1995 debut. They’ve had eight Top 40 hits including “I Wanna Be There,” “Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)” and “I Believe,” which reached #1 in the U.S., Southeast Asia and England while becoming the fourth most played song of 1995; they’ve performed worldwide with The Goo Goo Dolls, Bon Jovi, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan and with Mike and The Mechanics at two sold-out shows at Royal Albert Hall in England; their songs have been heard in movies with Jodie Foster, Jim Carrey and Penny Marshall, as well as on TV shows like "Cold Case," "All My Children," "Dancing With The Stars" and "American Idol.”
With their humble, not-so-rock-star attitude, radio-friendly songs and an absolute love for their fans, Blessid Union Of Souls continues to defy odds and remain a steady, driving force on the music scene. With their new album on the horizon and a tour to follow, the band doesn’t complain about the climate of the industry, they just continue to do what they’ve done from the beginning that have made them a mainstay in pop music: write songs from the heart.
Stay tuned for news about U.S. tour dates launching later this year…
www.blessidunionofsoulsonline.com
www.myspace.com/blessidunionofsouls
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Don't miss Sunday Salon at McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World
Sunday Salon
noon-dusk Sunday, July 20
McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World
2475 N. Lake Ave.
Altadena
Free
(626) 794-8779
www.galleryattheendoftheworld.com
Showcase of emerging and established artists at the legendary and most organic gallery east of Los Angeles. Browse and buy one-of-a-kind works in a range of media. Many artists on site for you to meet. Come for the art, stay for the conversation!
noon-dusk Sunday, July 20
McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World
2475 N. Lake Ave.
Altadena
Free
(626) 794-8779
www.galleryattheendoftheworld.com
Showcase of emerging and established artists at the legendary and most organic gallery east of Los Angeles. Browse and buy one-of-a-kind works in a range of media. Many artists on site for you to meet. Come for the art, stay for the conversation!
Songsalive! showcase Friday
Had a long week?
What can be better than to relax Friday night in a cool venue, great food, and great live music?
Songsalive! LA has reinvented TGIF!!
and gilli moon will be there!
Songsalive! Los Angeles Showcase
Featuring talented songwriters from around the globe, the Songsalive! Showcases are the best industry secret, a great happening all around the world. Songsalive! Showcases are a very cozy, intimate and acoustic environment where media and music industry representatives often drop by to check out the latest talent. Showcase your music and support our Songsalive! national and international live events and showcases presenting songwriters and artists of original music. Showcases are conducted globally.
WHEN: Friday, July 18 Show starts 7:30 pm
WHERE: Hallenbeck's & Cahuenga General Store
5510 Cahuenga Blvd
North Hollywood, California 91601-2919
On Caheunga Blvd. 1/2 block north of Chandler on the right.
www.hallenbecks.net
Light meals available
DONATIONS: $8 cover at the door. Supports the venue and our non profit efforts.As Songsalive! is a 501c)3) non profit charity, it is tax deductible. Ask for a receipt if necessary.
ABOUT THE SHOWCASE:
The Songsalive! Los Angeles Showcase features a new venue, a new date, and a new format! Songsalive returns to Hallenbeck's after a couple of years. Hallenbeck's is an well known venue for acoustic Los Angeles Songwriters and performers - they have a small stage with a great sound system, great food and drinks, it is family friendly too, with free parking on the street.
ARTISTS:
We have four performers who will be doing mini-sets in two rounds - so nice you hear them all twice! And we'll have a short intermission in the middle for food, stretching, and conversation.
Featuring:
John Stowers
John Stowers has been called one of the most promising singer/songwriters in Southern California. A Rootsy Pop Rocker with surprising soul. Songs filled with original thoughtful lyrics and melodies that soar. John's songs reflect his passion for the music that inspired him back when he was growing up in rural Missouri. Unable to tune in radio stations from surrounding cities, John grew up listening to his older brother's classic rock and soul collection. He draws from this rich musical history when writing his songs. There are echoes of everything from Liverpool to Memphis in his music.
John recently won a 2004 Billboard World Song Contest award. "Jimmy's Song" won 3rd place in the R&B/Blues category. It's gratifying validation for a performing songwriter who's been out there playing bars/coffee houses and patiently honing his craft. John's currently completing production of his record which is due to be released by the end of this year. Stay Tuned!
http://www.johnstowers.com/
gilli moon
gilli moon is an australian singer, songwriter, recording artist, pianist, actor, producer, author, painter, motivator, entrepreneur, visionary and empowering community builder. She has been in los angeles for 8 years. Her restless creativity and rebellious nature continually urge her to push the envelope in the studio, on stage and with whatever she touches. She's an illustrious, energetic poly-media artist and her multifaceted albums and dynamic, entertaining live shows have touched music lovers worldwide garnering high praise from the most jaded of critics, including Newsweek Magazine earlier this year.
www.gillimoon.com
www.myspace.com/gillimoon
Amy Mathesius
Amy grew up playing music. While playing bass for a stint with The Cynics, recordings were released with Dionysus and Get HIp records. Recently, Amy has released a 12 song CD of original music entilted Colorado Blue. On the CD she plays guitar, bass, flute and harmonica as well as handles vocal and all songwriting dutes. One of the songs, "Don't Let Go," appears on the Females on Fire #3 compilation CD with Warrior Girl Music.
www.myspace.com/amytherocksisters
Bill Dobbins
Bill Dobbins is a veteran singer/songwriter from the 1960s and 1970s who has also pursued a career as a photographer, writer and video maker but never stopped singing and writing songs. He performed at legendary venues such as Folk City, The Bitter End, Cafe Wha? and Izzy Young's Folklore Center along with such legends as Emmylou Harris, Arlo Guthrie, John Hammond, Phil Ochs, and Ramblin Jack Elliott.
http://www.billdobbinsmusic.com.
MORE DETAILS AND CONTACT: www.songsalive.org follow the link for Chapters and then Los Angeles for details and to contact us (from the website). Also check out our Meetup group listed on the website
CALL FOR ARTISTS:
- booking for August/Sept/October
* You must be able to guarantee a min. of 5 guests.
* 6 song acoustic set
* You must be a Songsalive! members www.songsalive.org
* Showcase application at www.songsalive.org (log in and click on apply for a showcase)
NOTE: Please also come out and support our new Elite Member Showcase in the Round - Hosted By Songsalive! President Gilli Moon, Tuesday July 29 at Genghis Cohen. It will be Groovy!
More information on this event and more at:
www.songsalive.org
Songsalive!
supporting and promoting songwriters and composers worldwide
What's in store for gilli moon?
Coming up....
Last Tuesdays residency at Genghis Cohen (Tues July 29)
with J.Walker, Jimi Yamagishi and Amy Raasch
http://tinyurl.com/5r94lq
*peace, love and groovy music
www.gillimoon.com
What can be better than to relax Friday night in a cool venue, great food, and great live music?
Songsalive! LA has reinvented TGIF!!
and gilli moon will be there!
Songsalive! Los Angeles Showcase
Featuring talented songwriters from around the globe, the Songsalive! Showcases are the best industry secret, a great happening all around the world. Songsalive! Showcases are a very cozy, intimate and acoustic environment where media and music industry representatives often drop by to check out the latest talent. Showcase your music and support our Songsalive! national and international live events and showcases presenting songwriters and artists of original music. Showcases are conducted globally.
WHEN: Friday, July 18 Show starts 7:30 pm
WHERE: Hallenbeck's & Cahuenga General Store
5510 Cahuenga Blvd
North Hollywood, California 91601-2919
On Caheunga Blvd. 1/2 block north of Chandler on the right.
www.hallenbecks.net
Light meals available
DONATIONS: $8 cover at the door. Supports the venue and our non profit efforts.As Songsalive! is a 501c)3) non profit charity, it is tax deductible. Ask for a receipt if necessary.
ABOUT THE SHOWCASE:
The Songsalive! Los Angeles Showcase features a new venue, a new date, and a new format! Songsalive returns to Hallenbeck's after a couple of years. Hallenbeck's is an well known venue for acoustic Los Angeles Songwriters and performers - they have a small stage with a great sound system, great food and drinks, it is family friendly too, with free parking on the street.
ARTISTS:
We have four performers who will be doing mini-sets in two rounds - so nice you hear them all twice! And we'll have a short intermission in the middle for food, stretching, and conversation.
Featuring:
John Stowers
John Stowers has been called one of the most promising singer/songwriters in Southern California. A Rootsy Pop Rocker with surprising soul. Songs filled with original thoughtful lyrics and melodies that soar. John's songs reflect his passion for the music that inspired him back when he was growing up in rural Missouri. Unable to tune in radio stations from surrounding cities, John grew up listening to his older brother's classic rock and soul collection. He draws from this rich musical history when writing his songs. There are echoes of everything from Liverpool to Memphis in his music.
John recently won a 2004 Billboard World Song Contest award. "Jimmy's Song" won 3rd place in the R&B/Blues category. It's gratifying validation for a performing songwriter who's been out there playing bars/coffee houses and patiently honing his craft. John's currently completing production of his record which is due to be released by the end of this year. Stay Tuned!
http://www.johnstowers.com/
gilli moon
gilli moon is an australian singer, songwriter, recording artist, pianist, actor, producer, author, painter, motivator, entrepreneur, visionary and empowering community builder. She has been in los angeles for 8 years. Her restless creativity and rebellious nature continually urge her to push the envelope in the studio, on stage and with whatever she touches. She's an illustrious, energetic poly-media artist and her multifaceted albums and dynamic, entertaining live shows have touched music lovers worldwide garnering high praise from the most jaded of critics, including Newsweek Magazine earlier this year.
www.gillimoon.com
www.myspace.com/gillimoon
Amy Mathesius
Amy grew up playing music. While playing bass for a stint with The Cynics, recordings were released with Dionysus and Get HIp records. Recently, Amy has released a 12 song CD of original music entilted Colorado Blue. On the CD she plays guitar, bass, flute and harmonica as well as handles vocal and all songwriting dutes. One of the songs, "Don't Let Go," appears on the Females on Fire #3 compilation CD with Warrior Girl Music.
www.myspace.com/amytherocksisters
Bill Dobbins
Bill Dobbins is a veteran singer/songwriter from the 1960s and 1970s who has also pursued a career as a photographer, writer and video maker but never stopped singing and writing songs. He performed at legendary venues such as Folk City, The Bitter End, Cafe Wha? and Izzy Young's Folklore Center along with such legends as Emmylou Harris, Arlo Guthrie, John Hammond, Phil Ochs, and Ramblin Jack Elliott.
http://www.billdobbinsmusic.com.
MORE DETAILS AND CONTACT: www.songsalive.org follow the link for Chapters and then Los Angeles for details and to contact us (from the website). Also check out our Meetup group listed on the website
CALL FOR ARTISTS:
- booking for August/Sept/October
* You must be able to guarantee a min. of 5 guests.
* 6 song acoustic set
* You must be a Songsalive! members www.songsalive.org
* Showcase application at www.songsalive.org (log in and click on apply for a showcase)
NOTE: Please also come out and support our new Elite Member Showcase in the Round - Hosted By Songsalive! President Gilli Moon, Tuesday July 29 at Genghis Cohen. It will be Groovy!
More information on this event and more at:
www.songsalive.org
Songsalive!
supporting and promoting songwriters and composers worldwide
What's in store for gilli moon?
Coming up....
Last Tuesdays residency at Genghis Cohen (Tues July 29)
with J.Walker, Jimi Yamagishi and Amy Raasch
http://tinyurl.com/5r94lq
*peace, love and groovy music
www.gillimoon.com
MTV launches online interactive music guide for TV
Do you watch MTV and ever wonder what that song was you just heard? MTV plays roughly 1500 music cues in its programming each week, not including music videos or performances – and is now giving fans an easy, new way to discover all that music. Introducing Soundtrack.mtv.com – the industry’s first-ever interactive music guide for TV -- showcasing everything about the music and artists being played on MTV at any given time. Not only that, Soundtrack.mtv.com also empowers communities of fans to rally behind their favorite indie bands to get them onto the biggest stage of all, MTV – introducing them to millions.
Here’s more…
News Facts:
· Soundtrack.mtv.com launches today and is integrated into nearly all of MTV’s programming, inviting viewers to discover a diverse line-up of music from both established and up-and-coming artists.
· Whether for the next 24 hours or the last 24 days, Soundtrack.mtv.com can tell you the song, artist, and album of the music heard on MTV – plus provide a deep catalog of corresponding content including music videos, performances, personal blogs, photos and more.
· Soundtrack.mtv.com enables fans to champion their favorite music and allows bands/artists to galvanize support – creating a clear path for the best to make it in front of MTV’s music supervisors and onto TV.
Soundtrack.mtv.com specifics:
· A music discovery “wheel” informs fans of aired music by day, show and time and provides them with more information to discover selected artists. The wheel allows users to search for music currently playing on-air, upcoming in the next 24 hours, and previously played in past show programming dating back to Soundtrack’s launch (July 16, 2008).
· Emerging bands can raise their profile by creating customizable Soundtrack profile pages where they can stream music, videos, promote upcoming events and fire up their fans for support with tools such as a vote for me button called “Support By Sound.”
· A Soundtrack ranking system features “Top Artists” and “Top Songs” in the community and provides high-ranking emerging artists with direct access to MTV music supervisors, who will be listening to the online community, observing bands rankings and hand picking new artists to play on MTV on-air programming.
· The Soundtrack community will have the power to escalate the Soundtrack rank of their favorite band’s songs by listening or voting for them.
· Auto-generated playlists around buzz-worthy show moments will be featured on Soundtrack, such as love songs from classic Heidi and Spencer scenes and best party songs from “My Super Sweet 16” episodes.
· Soundtrack will soon be fully integrated with MTV.com including the ability to buy songs on Rhapsody.
Here’s more…
News Facts:
· Soundtrack.mtv.com launches today and is integrated into nearly all of MTV’s programming, inviting viewers to discover a diverse line-up of music from both established and up-and-coming artists.
· Whether for the next 24 hours or the last 24 days, Soundtrack.mtv.com can tell you the song, artist, and album of the music heard on MTV – plus provide a deep catalog of corresponding content including music videos, performances, personal blogs, photos and more.
· Soundtrack.mtv.com enables fans to champion their favorite music and allows bands/artists to galvanize support – creating a clear path for the best to make it in front of MTV’s music supervisors and onto TV.
Soundtrack.mtv.com specifics:
· A music discovery “wheel” informs fans of aired music by day, show and time and provides them with more information to discover selected artists. The wheel allows users to search for music currently playing on-air, upcoming in the next 24 hours, and previously played in past show programming dating back to Soundtrack’s launch (July 16, 2008).
· Emerging bands can raise their profile by creating customizable Soundtrack profile pages where they can stream music, videos, promote upcoming events and fire up their fans for support with tools such as a vote for me button called “Support By Sound.”
· A Soundtrack ranking system features “Top Artists” and “Top Songs” in the community and provides high-ranking emerging artists with direct access to MTV music supervisors, who will be listening to the online community, observing bands rankings and hand picking new artists to play on MTV on-air programming.
· The Soundtrack community will have the power to escalate the Soundtrack rank of their favorite band’s songs by listening or voting for them.
· Auto-generated playlists around buzz-worthy show moments will be featured on Soundtrack, such as love songs from classic Heidi and Spencer scenes and best party songs from “My Super Sweet 16” episodes.
· Soundtrack will soon be fully integrated with MTV.com including the ability to buy songs on Rhapsody.
Katy Perry and Joss Whedon on VH1 Friday
VH1’s highly popular series “Best Week Ever” is getting kissed and bitten this week with special guests singer Katy Perry and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator, Joss Whedon airing Friday, July 18th at 9 PM ET/PT.
Joss Whedon (creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “ Angel,” “Firefly” and “Serenity”) makes a rare television appearance and comes on “Best Week Ever” to promote Dr. Horribles Sing-along Blog http://www.drhorrible.com/.
“Best Week Ever” will also present new music from Katy Perry.
Katy Perry and Joss Whedon will join a host of our panelist including Sherrod Small, comic duo Angela V Shelton And Frances Callier aka Frangela, Doug Benson, Jessica St. Clair, Chuck Nice and Melissa Raunch in dishing on the week’s biggest pop culture moments including - late breaking celebrity gossip, the most outrageous moments from daytime television, and an instant recap of prime time's biggest moments.
In addition the “Best Week Ever” website Bestweekever.tv will feature behind the scenes footage, outtakes and exclusive web only material from Joss Whedon's appearance.
Joss Whedon (creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “ Angel,” “Firefly” and “Serenity”) makes a rare television appearance and comes on “Best Week Ever” to promote Dr. Horribles Sing-along Blog http://www.drhorrible.com/.
“Best Week Ever” will also present new music from Katy Perry.
Katy Perry and Joss Whedon will join a host of our panelist including Sherrod Small, comic duo Angela V Shelton And Frances Callier aka Frangela, Doug Benson, Jessica St. Clair, Chuck Nice and Melissa Raunch in dishing on the week’s biggest pop culture moments including - late breaking celebrity gossip, the most outrageous moments from daytime television, and an instant recap of prime time's biggest moments.
In addition the “Best Week Ever” website Bestweekever.tv will feature behind the scenes footage, outtakes and exclusive web only material from Joss Whedon's appearance.
Joan as Police Woman to tour the U.S.
Joan as Police Woman brings her live show to her stateside fans Tour dates below
US Tour Dates:
Friday, September 05- Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, September 06- Ram's Head Onstage- Annapolis, MD
Sunday, September 07- IOTA Club & Café- Arlington, VA F
riday, September 12- Schubas- Chicago, IL
Saturday, September 13- Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, September 17- Cafe du Nord - San Francisco, CA
Friday, September 19- Doug Fir Lounge- Portland, OR
Saturday, September 20- Triple Door- Seattle, WA
Tuesday, September 23- Iron Horse Music Hall- Northampton, MA
Wednesday, September 24- Middle East Upstairs- Cambridge, MA
Thursday, September 25- Bowery Ballroom- New York, NY
www.joanaspolicewoman.com
www.myspace.com/joanaspolicewoman
US Tour Dates:
Friday, September 05- Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, September 06- Ram's Head Onstage- Annapolis, MD
Sunday, September 07- IOTA Club & Café- Arlington, VA F
riday, September 12- Schubas- Chicago, IL
Saturday, September 13- Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, September 17- Cafe du Nord - San Francisco, CA
Friday, September 19- Doug Fir Lounge- Portland, OR
Saturday, September 20- Triple Door- Seattle, WA
Tuesday, September 23- Iron Horse Music Hall- Northampton, MA
Wednesday, September 24- Middle East Upstairs- Cambridge, MA
Thursday, September 25- Bowery Ballroom- New York, NY
www.joanaspolicewoman.com
www.myspace.com/joanaspolicewoman
Park Seed launches recipe contest
The only thing that's more fun than growing vegetables is eating them, and in the summertime, that means firing up the grill! The Park Seed Company (ParkSeed.com) is offering a $100 Park Seed gift certificate to the gardener/chef who submits the best recipe that uses grill skills and, ideally, incorporates something you could grow using Park Seed products. Recipes can be in any of the following categories: appetizer, main course, side dish, salad, dessert, and other.
To submit your entries, email your recipe, including the category you wish to enter, to inet@parkseed.com with the subject Summer Grilling Recipe Contest. Be sure to include your name, street address, and email address. Entries must be received via email no later than 12:00 midnight Eastern Time on July 31st.
In addition to the $100 Park Seed gift certificate, the winner also receives some serious bragging rights! The winning recipe and other favorite entries will be featured in the popular Park News enewsletter that is sent to thousands of gardeners. They will also be available online in the "Recipes" section of SuccessWithSeed.org.
Please remember, sending your content to us implies that you take full responsibility that your submission is completely original, and grants complete permission for us to edit, publish and reuse your content.
Visit ParkSeed.com to read complete Terms and Conditions regarding our use of user content.
The Park Seed Company is a privately held business and encompasses Park Seed, Wayside Gardens, and Park Seed Wholesale. The Park Seed/Wayside Gardens headquarters is located in Greenwood, South Carolina and boasts 9 acres of trial gardens that are open to the public.
The Park Seed Company (www.parkseed.com) has been providing innovative, top-quality gardening products to generations of American gardeners since 1868. Started in George W. Park's home in Libonia, Pennsylvania, Park Seek Company has grown into one of the oldest, largest, and most beloved mail-order seed companies in America. With the motto "Your success and pleasure are more to Park than your money," Park Seed has always been known not only for its superior seed and plants, but also for its helpful garden advice and friendly service.
Since 1916, Wayside Gardens (www.waysidegardens.com) has been the American gardener's premier source for the newest, most unusual, and hardest-to-find plants from around the world. Wayside Gardens became part of the Park Seed family of brands in 1975. Today, Wayside remains true to founder J.J. Grulleman's pledge to offer only the most superior plants exhibiting the highest levels of quality and horticultural excellence.
To submit your entries, email your recipe, including the category you wish to enter, to inet@parkseed.com with the subject Summer Grilling Recipe Contest. Be sure to include your name, street address, and email address. Entries must be received via email no later than 12:00 midnight Eastern Time on July 31st.
In addition to the $100 Park Seed gift certificate, the winner also receives some serious bragging rights! The winning recipe and other favorite entries will be featured in the popular Park News enewsletter that is sent to thousands of gardeners. They will also be available online in the "Recipes" section of SuccessWithSeed.org.
Please remember, sending your content to us implies that you take full responsibility that your submission is completely original, and grants complete permission for us to edit, publish and reuse your content.
Visit ParkSeed.com to read complete Terms and Conditions regarding our use of user content.
The Park Seed Company is a privately held business and encompasses Park Seed, Wayside Gardens, and Park Seed Wholesale. The Park Seed/Wayside Gardens headquarters is located in Greenwood, South Carolina and boasts 9 acres of trial gardens that are open to the public.
The Park Seed Company (www.parkseed.com) has been providing innovative, top-quality gardening products to generations of American gardeners since 1868. Started in George W. Park's home in Libonia, Pennsylvania, Park Seek Company has grown into one of the oldest, largest, and most beloved mail-order seed companies in America. With the motto "Your success and pleasure are more to Park than your money," Park Seed has always been known not only for its superior seed and plants, but also for its helpful garden advice and friendly service.
Since 1916, Wayside Gardens (www.waysidegardens.com) has been the American gardener's premier source for the newest, most unusual, and hardest-to-find plants from around the world. Wayside Gardens became part of the Park Seed family of brands in 1975. Today, Wayside remains true to founder J.J. Grulleman's pledge to offer only the most superior plants exhibiting the highest levels of quality and horticultural excellence.
Bow Wow cancels Wiltern show
CANCELLED
BOW WOW
The Wiltern
August 17th
Contact Live Nation for further information.
BOW WOW
The Wiltern
August 17th
Contact Live Nation for further information.
National Product touring in support of new release
National Product's "Rock Band"/Pixy Stix inspired music video for "MEDICATED" world premiered today on BUZZNET.COM and immediately won over fans.
The video, directed by Mike Schaffnit, Jr. was shot all over Chicago as well as on the beachfront of Lake Michigan.
"MEDICATED" will have an exclusive 8-day run at SINGINGFOOL.COM beginning Wednesday, July 16 thru July 24.
Touring in support of its full-length debut Luna, National Product will co-headline "The Endless Summer Tour" sponsored by ABSOLUTEPUNK with 1997. The six-week trek kicks off Thursday, August 14 in Bakersfield, Calif., running through September 27.
See the "Medicated" video for yourself at: http://nationalproduct.buzznet.com/user/video/play/3329781/
Catch "The Endless Summer Tour"
August 14 – Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
August 17 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
August 19 – Spokane, WA @ The Blvd
August 20 – Boise, ID @ The Venue
August 21 – Ogden, UT @ Club Boom
August 22 – Grand Junction, CO @ VFW Hall
August 23 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
August 24 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
August 27 – Kansas City, MO @ Mainstreet Café
August 29 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
August 30 – Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar
September 2 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Platinum Lounge
September 3 – Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge
September 5 – Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Café
September 7 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Steppin’ Out
September 11 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
September 12 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
September 19 – Dallas, TX @ The Door-Prophet Bar
September 20 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
September 22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
September 24 – Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian’s
September 26 - Hollywood, CA @ The Knitting Factory
September 27 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
www.myspace.com/nationalproduct
www.myspace.com/randmartistrecords
www.earshotmedia.com
www.myspace.com/earshotmedia
The video, directed by Mike Schaffnit, Jr. was shot all over Chicago as well as on the beachfront of Lake Michigan.
"MEDICATED" will have an exclusive 8-day run at SINGINGFOOL.COM beginning Wednesday, July 16 thru July 24.
Touring in support of its full-length debut Luna, National Product will co-headline "The Endless Summer Tour" sponsored by ABSOLUTEPUNK with 1997. The six-week trek kicks off Thursday, August 14 in Bakersfield, Calif., running through September 27.
See the "Medicated" video for yourself at: http://nationalproduct.buzznet.com/user/video/play/3329781/
Catch "The Endless Summer Tour"
August 14 – Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
August 17 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
August 19 – Spokane, WA @ The Blvd
August 20 – Boise, ID @ The Venue
August 21 – Ogden, UT @ Club Boom
August 22 – Grand Junction, CO @ VFW Hall
August 23 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
August 24 – Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
August 27 – Kansas City, MO @ Mainstreet Café
August 29 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
August 30 – Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar
September 2 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Platinum Lounge
September 3 – Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge
September 5 – Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Café
September 7 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Steppin’ Out
September 11 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
September 12 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
September 19 – Dallas, TX @ The Door-Prophet Bar
September 20 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
September 22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
September 24 – Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian’s
September 26 - Hollywood, CA @ The Knitting Factory
September 27 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
www.myspace.com/nationalproduct
www.myspace.com/randmartistrecords
www.earshotmedia.com
www.myspace.com/earshotmedia
Underoath on tour and readying new effort
As the final notes ring out on LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, it's clear that UNDEROATH--who've built their career on being both heavy and experimental--have delivered their most accomplished album to date. Succinct and resolute, there's no denying the power of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, due out September 2 on Tooth & Nail/Solid State as the follow-up to 2006's rapturously received and gold-certified Define The Great Line.
Now headlining the Hot Topic stage of the Mayhem Tour, UNDEROATH perform daily from 6:25-7:00pm at the festival, joining hard music heavyweights Slipknot, Disturbed, Mastodon and Dragonforce, among others. During days off from the Mayhem tour, UNDEROATH will play a series of headlining dates with The Red Chord supporting.
Next, in early September, UNDEROATH will headline an eight-city U.K. trek, to be followed by dates in Germany, Italy, South Africa and Australia. In October and November, look for UNDEROATH to return to the U.S. for a major headlining run--kicking off at Honolulu's Pipeline Café (3,000 cap) on October 4--before touring Central and South America.
UNDEROATH--whose last three albums count combined sales in excess of one million copies--have worked diligently to reach this creative apex while building what may be the biggest metalcore following in the world. "Breathing In A New Mentality" launches the new record with an ingenious false start that gives way to innovative ferocity.
"We wanted people to hear it and have a first impression like, 'Man they must've cut a lot of corners,'" says guitarist MCTAGUE of the disc-opener. "And then it kicks in and your entire car, blows up. We wanted to come out, blow them away. Just shut people up. And in doing that, we've made the beginning of the record very memorable."
Beyond exceptional, it's a breathtaking brain-rattling affirmation that the six men of Tampa, FL-based UNDEROATH--lead vocalist SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN, guitarist TIM MCTAGUE, bassist GRANT BRANDELL, drummer AARON GILLESPIE, keyboardist CHRIS DUDLEY and guitarist JAMES SMITH--have taken a huge creative step forward. The group recently shot a video for the scathing "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures" with director Walter Robot (Milosh "The City," Modest Mouse "Missed the Boat," The Pinkertones "Sexy Robot") in Los Angeles. Expect more news about the clip soon.
By trusting their instincts, pushing their songcraft to the limit and meticulously perfecting it with Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage) and Matt Goldman (Copeland, The Chariot), the band has soared to new artistic heights with LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION. "The Created Void" offers a melodic reprieve.
"Naturally we are a heavy band and we want to put our best foot forward in that respect, MCTAGUE says. "I love 'The Created Void,' one of the most melodic songs we've ever done, the bottom line is everything sounds the way it does on the record because we agreed that's how it should sound, whether it's heavy or melodic."
"We've had to work hard at being open-minded about our own art and let it flow naturally", MCTAGUE continues. "We love melodies, but our instincts usually go in the other direction."
Defying the band's traditional approach, the uplifting "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear" is a beautiful near ballad lighter destined to become a fan favorite.
"I originally wrote the music without intending for it to be a quote-unquote accessible song," MCTAGUE says of the memorable soundscape. "It was a slow-paced, slowed- down jam-out song."
With such a diverse musical display coupled with the input of six opinionated souls, the completion of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION--thanks in part to the skilled mixing of veteran David Bendeth--is an epic achievement.
"We laboriously toiled over this record," GILLESPIE admits. "Even when we're in the studio, I don't think we are all ever totally happy. There is constant change and flux until we're done. We always push ourselves to make the best music imaginable."
Visit www.underoath777.com for up-to-date information and catch UNDEROATH on the road in the following cities:
DATE CITY VENUE
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour-Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 7/15 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Wed 7/16 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/17 St. George, UT The Electric Theater
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 7/18 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 7/19 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
Sun 7/20 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre
Tue 7/22 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 7/23 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/24 Little Rock, AR The Village
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 7/25 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Sat 7/26 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sun 7/27 Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park
Tue 7/29 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Wed 7/30 W. Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/31 Charleston, SC Music Farm
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 8/1 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless
Sat 8/2 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
Sun 8/3 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Headlining off-date with The Red Chord
Mon 8/4 Albany, NY Northern Lights
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 8/5 Boston, MA Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
Wed 8/6 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Fri 8/8 Toronto, ON Downsview Park
Sat 8/9 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sun 8/10 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 8/12 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Wed 8/13 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Fri 8/15 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 8/16 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/17 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
Tue 8/19 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Underoath European Headlining Tour
Sat 9/6 Manchester, UK Academy 2
Sun 9/7 Glasgow, UK Garage
Mon 9/8 Birmingham, UK Academy 2
Wed 9/10 Cardiff, UK University Solus Room
Thu 9/11 Norwich, UK Waterfront
Fri 9/12 London, UK Astoria (Mean Fiddler)
Sat 9/13 Leeds, UK Cockpit
Sun 9/14 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms
Tue 9/16 Berlin, Germany Kato
Wed 9/17 Köln, Germany Luxor
Fri 9/19 Roncade, Italy New Age Club
Sat 9/20 Cesena, Italy Vidia Club
Tue 9/23 Durbanville, SA The Barnyard Theatre
Wed 9/24 Umhlanga, SA The Wavehouse
Thu 9/25 Boksburg, SA Black Dahlia
Fri 9/26 Eikenhof, SA The Lido
Sat 9/27 Lonehill, SA The Rustic Theatre on Main
Underoath Australian Headlining Tour
Tue 9/30 Sydney, AUS UNSW Roundhouse
Wed 10/1 Melbourne, AUS Billboard
Thu 10/2 Brisbane, AUS The Arena
Underoath Headlining
Sat 10/4 Honolulu, HI Pipeline Cafe
www.underoath777.com
www.toothandnail.com
www.solidstaterecords.com
Now headlining the Hot Topic stage of the Mayhem Tour, UNDEROATH perform daily from 6:25-7:00pm at the festival, joining hard music heavyweights Slipknot, Disturbed, Mastodon and Dragonforce, among others. During days off from the Mayhem tour, UNDEROATH will play a series of headlining dates with The Red Chord supporting.
Next, in early September, UNDEROATH will headline an eight-city U.K. trek, to be followed by dates in Germany, Italy, South Africa and Australia. In October and November, look for UNDEROATH to return to the U.S. for a major headlining run--kicking off at Honolulu's Pipeline Café (3,000 cap) on October 4--before touring Central and South America.
UNDEROATH--whose last three albums count combined sales in excess of one million copies--have worked diligently to reach this creative apex while building what may be the biggest metalcore following in the world. "Breathing In A New Mentality" launches the new record with an ingenious false start that gives way to innovative ferocity.
"We wanted people to hear it and have a first impression like, 'Man they must've cut a lot of corners,'" says guitarist MCTAGUE of the disc-opener. "And then it kicks in and your entire car, blows up. We wanted to come out, blow them away. Just shut people up. And in doing that, we've made the beginning of the record very memorable."
Beyond exceptional, it's a breathtaking brain-rattling affirmation that the six men of Tampa, FL-based UNDEROATH--lead vocalist SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN, guitarist TIM MCTAGUE, bassist GRANT BRANDELL, drummer AARON GILLESPIE, keyboardist CHRIS DUDLEY and guitarist JAMES SMITH--have taken a huge creative step forward. The group recently shot a video for the scathing "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures" with director Walter Robot (Milosh "The City," Modest Mouse "Missed the Boat," The Pinkertones "Sexy Robot") in Los Angeles. Expect more news about the clip soon.
By trusting their instincts, pushing their songcraft to the limit and meticulously perfecting it with Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage) and Matt Goldman (Copeland, The Chariot), the band has soared to new artistic heights with LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION. "The Created Void" offers a melodic reprieve.
"Naturally we are a heavy band and we want to put our best foot forward in that respect, MCTAGUE says. "I love 'The Created Void,' one of the most melodic songs we've ever done, the bottom line is everything sounds the way it does on the record because we agreed that's how it should sound, whether it's heavy or melodic."
"We've had to work hard at being open-minded about our own art and let it flow naturally", MCTAGUE continues. "We love melodies, but our instincts usually go in the other direction."
Defying the band's traditional approach, the uplifting "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear" is a beautiful near ballad lighter destined to become a fan favorite.
"I originally wrote the music without intending for it to be a quote-unquote accessible song," MCTAGUE says of the memorable soundscape. "It was a slow-paced, slowed- down jam-out song."
With such a diverse musical display coupled with the input of six opinionated souls, the completion of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION--thanks in part to the skilled mixing of veteran David Bendeth--is an epic achievement.
"We laboriously toiled over this record," GILLESPIE admits. "Even when we're in the studio, I don't think we are all ever totally happy. There is constant change and flux until we're done. We always push ourselves to make the best music imaginable."
Visit www.underoath777.com for up-to-date information and catch UNDEROATH on the road in the following cities:
DATE CITY VENUE
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour-Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 7/15 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Wed 7/16 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/17 St. George, UT The Electric Theater
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 7/18 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 7/19 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
Sun 7/20 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre
Tue 7/22 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 7/23 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/24 Little Rock, AR The Village
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 7/25 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Sat 7/26 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sun 7/27 Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park
Tue 7/29 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Wed 7/30 W. Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/31 Charleston, SC Music Farm
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 8/1 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless
Sat 8/2 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
Sun 8/3 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Headlining off-date with The Red Chord
Mon 8/4 Albany, NY Northern Lights
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 8/5 Boston, MA Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
Wed 8/6 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Fri 8/8 Toronto, ON Downsview Park
Sat 8/9 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sun 8/10 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour--Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 8/12 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Wed 8/13 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Fri 8/15 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 8/16 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/17 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
Tue 8/19 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Underoath European Headlining Tour
Sat 9/6 Manchester, UK Academy 2
Sun 9/7 Glasgow, UK Garage
Mon 9/8 Birmingham, UK Academy 2
Wed 9/10 Cardiff, UK University Solus Room
Thu 9/11 Norwich, UK Waterfront
Fri 9/12 London, UK Astoria (Mean Fiddler)
Sat 9/13 Leeds, UK Cockpit
Sun 9/14 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms
Tue 9/16 Berlin, Germany Kato
Wed 9/17 Köln, Germany Luxor
Fri 9/19 Roncade, Italy New Age Club
Sat 9/20 Cesena, Italy Vidia Club
Tue 9/23 Durbanville, SA The Barnyard Theatre
Wed 9/24 Umhlanga, SA The Wavehouse
Thu 9/25 Boksburg, SA Black Dahlia
Fri 9/26 Eikenhof, SA The Lido
Sat 9/27 Lonehill, SA The Rustic Theatre on Main
Underoath Australian Headlining Tour
Tue 9/30 Sydney, AUS UNSW Roundhouse
Wed 10/1 Melbourne, AUS Billboard
Thu 10/2 Brisbane, AUS The Arena
Underoath Headlining
Sat 10/4 Honolulu, HI Pipeline Cafe
www.underoath777.com
www.toothandnail.com
www.solidstaterecords.com
Upcoming Live Nation concerts
ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET STRIP
On Sale NOW :
Rick Ortiz Presents: Best of Tributes - July 27
Vacation, The Ringers, TSAR - August 2
Year Long Disaster, Nico Vega - August 8
Xavier Rudd - September 5
On Sale Thursday, July 17 at 10 AM:
25th Anniversary Celebration of U2 Live at Red Rocks Featuring:
Under a Blood Red Sky - The U2 Tribute Band - August 9
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM:
The Damned w/ The Adolescents - October 31
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ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM
On Sale NOW:
Zebrahead: Official Album Release Party - August 16
Tokio Hotel - August 20
DJ Flex - August 27
Delerium - September 18
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM:
Cubensis and HIghway 61 Revisited: Tribute to Dylan and the Dead (Jerry Garcia Birthday Show) - August 3
Robin Thicke - August 10
Circle Jerks - August 15
Shinedown with Red, Jet Black Stare - September 8
Unwritten Law: Official Record Release Party - September 12
Toadies - September 13
James - October 5
The Damned - October 30
On Sale NOW :
Rick Ortiz Presents: Best of Tributes - July 27
Vacation, The Ringers, TSAR - August 2
Year Long Disaster, Nico Vega - August 8
Xavier Rudd - September 5
On Sale Thursday, July 17 at 10 AM:
25th Anniversary Celebration of U2 Live at Red Rocks Featuring:
Under a Blood Red Sky - The U2 Tribute Band - August 9
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM:
The Damned w/ The Adolescents - October 31
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ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM
On Sale NOW:
Zebrahead: Official Album Release Party - August 16
Tokio Hotel - August 20
DJ Flex - August 27
Delerium - September 18
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM:
Cubensis and HIghway 61 Revisited: Tribute to Dylan and the Dead (Jerry Garcia Birthday Show) - August 3
Robin Thicke - August 10
Circle Jerks - August 15
Shinedown with Red, Jet Black Stare - September 8
Unwritten Law: Official Record Release Party - September 12
Toadies - September 13
James - October 5
The Damned - October 30
Upcoming Live Nation concerts
ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET STRIP
On Sale NOW :
Rick Ortiz Presents: Best of Tributes - July 27
Vacation, The Ringers, TSAR - August 2
Year Long Disaster, Nico Vega - August 8
Xavier Rudd - September 5
On Sale Thursday, July 17 at 10 AM:
25th Anniversary Celebration of U2 Live at Red Rocks Featuring:
Under a Blood Red Sky - The U2 Tribute Band - August 9
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM:
The Damned w/ The Adolescents - October 31
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ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM
On Sale NOW:
Zebrahead: Official Album Release Party - August 16
Tokio Hotel - August 20
DJ Flex - August 27
Delerium - September 18
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM:
Cubensis and HIghway 61 Revisited: Tribute to Dylan and the Dead (Jerry Garcia Birthday Show) - August 3
Robin Thicke - August 10
Circle Jerks - August 15
Shinedown with Red, Jet Black Stare - September 8
Unwritten Law: Official Record Release Party - September 12
Toadies - September 13
James - October 5
The Damned - October 30
On Sale NOW :
Rick Ortiz Presents: Best of Tributes - July 27
Vacation, The Ringers, TSAR - August 2
Year Long Disaster, Nico Vega - August 8
Xavier Rudd - September 5
On Sale Thursday, July 17 at 10 AM:
25th Anniversary Celebration of U2 Live at Red Rocks Featuring:
Under a Blood Red Sky - The U2 Tribute Band - August 9
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM:
The Damned w/ The Adolescents - October 31
=======================================================================
ON SALE THIS WEEK AT HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM
On Sale NOW:
Zebrahead: Official Album Release Party - August 16
Tokio Hotel - August 20
DJ Flex - August 27
Delerium - September 18
On Sale Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM:
Cubensis and HIghway 61 Revisited: Tribute to Dylan and the Dead (Jerry Garcia Birthday Show) - August 3
Robin Thicke - August 10
Circle Jerks - August 15
Shinedown with Red, Jet Black Stare - September 8
Unwritten Law: Official Record Release Party - September 12
Toadies - September 13
James - October 5
The Damned - October 30
Tribe of Noise to offer lawful alternative for free music downloads and more
This week, a new music platform will open and storm the Bastille of the music industry. Tribe of Noise is expected to kick up quite some dust by offering a lawful alternative for free music downloads.
Last year's artists like Moby, Nine Inch Nails and Radio Head made the first moves towards an alternative form of music distribution. But Tribe of Noise takes it one step further. At Tribe of Noise, composers upload their music under a Creative Commons license that allows fans and professionals to download, distribute and build upon it.
"While the traditional music industry is still in the repressive mode by introducing digital rights management and sending out the watch dogs, we rather think in solutions for like-minded spirits," says Sandra Brandenburg, co-founder of Tribe of Noise. "It was not difficult to find independent artists who believe in sharing their music, and who actually encourage fans and professionals to freely distribute and build upon their work.
"I would like to praise these bands; they showed courage and enlightenment about the direction we're heading. All the music on our platform is authorized and free for fans, but it can also be used for commercial purposes - as long as the artist is attributed and derived work is published under the same license."
In 2007, there was an increase in the volume of music acquired for nothing, and a sharp decline in the total amount paid out for music, according to NPD's US annual survey of Internet users. Although more people paid for digital downloads (that market grew from 7% to 10%), it was not enough to cover the fall in CD sales, down from 41% to 32%. With the music industry being in a downward spiral but still gaining massive revenues, it has not been able to make the big leap forward.
"Although we all sing LALA, we don't actually live in LALA-land. The music industry and especially musicians are struggling. But we take the Darwinist approach: adapt and you will survive. So instead of resisting change and becoming extinct you want to embrace change. People are going to share music, so give them something to share. Simultaneously you build an inner circle of fans, who are more than willing to see you perform or buy your stuff," stated Chief of Noise Hessel van Oorschot.
"If you're currently making a couple of billion the old-fashioned way, you might sweat a little during your shareholders' meeting while explaining this loss of market share. But it still boils down to a lot of money, so you're not really motivated to radically change your business. If you're a newcomer like Tribe of Noise, the only way is up, and that's very inspiring," concludes van Oorschot.
Date & place: July 15th, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands By Tribe of Noise
Tribe of Noise is a music community that connects artists, fans and professionals. http://www.tribeofnoise.com
Last year's artists like Moby, Nine Inch Nails and Radio Head made the first moves towards an alternative form of music distribution. But Tribe of Noise takes it one step further. At Tribe of Noise, composers upload their music under a Creative Commons license that allows fans and professionals to download, distribute and build upon it.
"While the traditional music industry is still in the repressive mode by introducing digital rights management and sending out the watch dogs, we rather think in solutions for like-minded spirits," says Sandra Brandenburg, co-founder of Tribe of Noise. "It was not difficult to find independent artists who believe in sharing their music, and who actually encourage fans and professionals to freely distribute and build upon their work.
"I would like to praise these bands; they showed courage and enlightenment about the direction we're heading. All the music on our platform is authorized and free for fans, but it can also be used for commercial purposes - as long as the artist is attributed and derived work is published under the same license."
In 2007, there was an increase in the volume of music acquired for nothing, and a sharp decline in the total amount paid out for music, according to NPD's US annual survey of Internet users. Although more people paid for digital downloads (that market grew from 7% to 10%), it was not enough to cover the fall in CD sales, down from 41% to 32%. With the music industry being in a downward spiral but still gaining massive revenues, it has not been able to make the big leap forward.
"Although we all sing LALA, we don't actually live in LALA-land. The music industry and especially musicians are struggling. But we take the Darwinist approach: adapt and you will survive. So instead of resisting change and becoming extinct you want to embrace change. People are going to share music, so give them something to share. Simultaneously you build an inner circle of fans, who are more than willing to see you perform or buy your stuff," stated Chief of Noise Hessel van Oorschot.
"If you're currently making a couple of billion the old-fashioned way, you might sweat a little during your shareholders' meeting while explaining this loss of market share. But it still boils down to a lot of money, so you're not really motivated to radically change your business. If you're a newcomer like Tribe of Noise, the only way is up, and that's very inspiring," concludes van Oorschot.
Date & place: July 15th, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands By Tribe of Noise
Tribe of Noise is a music community that connects artists, fans and professionals. http://www.tribeofnoise.com
Free JanSport event at the Roxy July 26
Please join JanSport at the Roxy on Sunset in LA on Saturday July 26 @ 10PM for a special preview of JanSport's new Artist and Heritage Series Collections.
Enjoy drinks, Om Records live music showcase, & special gallery showcase and live art by JanSport artist, JoeX2.
This event is FREE to the public so please pass along to your friends in the LA area.
Jedi Mind Tricks offers pre-order for DVD, plus cool jacket
Jedi Mind Tricks, one of independent hip-hop's most revered groups, have announced a 1-2 pre-order punch with their highly anticipated first ever official DVD, "Divine Fire: The Story of Jedi Mind Tricks" and the limited edition premium varsity collector's jacket, both exclusively available ONLY at Ihiphop.com.
Go To http://store.ihiphop.com/ to Pre-Order NOW!!!!
THE "DIVINE FIRE" DVD:
With a 12+ year career under their belt and a continually growing fan base, the history of Jedi Mind Tricks has never been officially documented...until now."Divine Fire: The Story of Jedi Mind Tricks" DVD is an insightful excursion into the roots of an underground empire. Join producer Stoupe The Enemy of Mankind and MC Vinnie Paz as they journey from inauspicious beginnings to underground stardom.For the first time ever, the veil has been pierced, revealing one of the most unique and illustrious stories to have never been told.
WATCH the "Divine Fire" DVD trailer now:http://store.ihiphop.com/
THE PREMIUM VARSITY JACKET:
To commemorate the landmark release of the "Divine Fire" DVD, Jedi Mind Tricks is also pleased to announce the first-ever LIMITED EDITION Premium Varsity Jacket officially sanctioned by the group itself.
This is the ultimate collector's item for only the most committed of fans. Every jacket is meticulously hand assembled (not machine cut), individually hand embroidered to exacting standards and specifically made to order.
The journey from 1996 to present day is commemorated with hand embroidered album titles (faithfully replicating the original art files) on the left sleeve. The entire back of the jacket showcases the famous (and now infamous) Asian symbolism represented in high-end chenille. Choose between one of two designs: red and white with black and white lettering or all black with red and white lettering.
Owing to the high-end quality of the piece, the run will be order-driven and will be available for a very limited period of time... so get it now or miss your chance forever. As a bonus (and for a very limited time only), every jacket order submitted prior to the DVD release date will include a copy of the "Divine Fire DVD" FREE.
No expense has been spared to bring the loyalists the ultimate in individually exacted quality.
BOTH THE DVD AND VARSITY JACKET ARE IHIPHOP.COM EXCLUSIVES AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW IN THE IHIPHOP.COM STORE!!!!
Go to http://store.ihiphop.com to Pre-Order NOW!!!!
www.jmthiphop.com
www.ihiphop.com/jedimindtricks
www.babygrande.com
Go To http://store.ihiphop.com/ to Pre-Order NOW!!!!
THE "DIVINE FIRE" DVD:
With a 12+ year career under their belt and a continually growing fan base, the history of Jedi Mind Tricks has never been officially documented...until now."Divine Fire: The Story of Jedi Mind Tricks" DVD is an insightful excursion into the roots of an underground empire. Join producer Stoupe The Enemy of Mankind and MC Vinnie Paz as they journey from inauspicious beginnings to underground stardom.For the first time ever, the veil has been pierced, revealing one of the most unique and illustrious stories to have never been told.
WATCH the "Divine Fire" DVD trailer now:http://store.ihiphop.com/
THE PREMIUM VARSITY JACKET:
To commemorate the landmark release of the "Divine Fire" DVD, Jedi Mind Tricks is also pleased to announce the first-ever LIMITED EDITION Premium Varsity Jacket officially sanctioned by the group itself.
This is the ultimate collector's item for only the most committed of fans. Every jacket is meticulously hand assembled (not machine cut), individually hand embroidered to exacting standards and specifically made to order.
The journey from 1996 to present day is commemorated with hand embroidered album titles (faithfully replicating the original art files) on the left sleeve. The entire back of the jacket showcases the famous (and now infamous) Asian symbolism represented in high-end chenille. Choose between one of two designs: red and white with black and white lettering or all black with red and white lettering.
Owing to the high-end quality of the piece, the run will be order-driven and will be available for a very limited period of time... so get it now or miss your chance forever. As a bonus (and for a very limited time only), every jacket order submitted prior to the DVD release date will include a copy of the "Divine Fire DVD" FREE.
No expense has been spared to bring the loyalists the ultimate in individually exacted quality.
BOTH THE DVD AND VARSITY JACKET ARE IHIPHOP.COM EXCLUSIVES AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW IN THE IHIPHOP.COM STORE!!!!
Go to http://store.ihiphop.com to Pre-Order NOW!!!!
www.jmthiphop.com
www.ihiphop.com/jedimindtricks
www.babygrande.com
One Day As A Lion signs with Anti- and to release debut July 22
Anti- Records is pleased to announce the signing of One Day As A Lion. An on-going creative collaboration between two like-conscioused individuals, One Day As A Lion will release their eponymous debut EP worldwide on July 22nd.
The band writes:
“One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept.”
“A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California.”
“The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.”
One Day As A Lion:
Zack de la Rocha (vocals / keyboards)
Jon Theodore (drums)
The songs:
01 - Wild International
02 – Ocean View
03 – Last Letter
04 – If You Fear Dying
05 – One Day As A Lion
The details:
Recorded by Robert Carranza at Ocean Way Recording
Mixed by Mario C at MCJ Studio
Links:
http://onedayasalion.org
www.myspace.com/onedayasalion
The band writes:
“One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept.”
“A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California.”
“The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.”
One Day As A Lion:
Zack de la Rocha (vocals / keyboards)
Jon Theodore (drums)
The songs:
01 - Wild International
02 – Ocean View
03 – Last Letter
04 – If You Fear Dying
05 – One Day As A Lion
The details:
Recorded by Robert Carranza at Ocean Way Recording
Mixed by Mario C at MCJ Studio
Links:
http://onedayasalion.org
www.myspace.com/onedayasalion
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Rock Band 2 news
Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today revealed at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit the song set list for Rock Band™ 2, the next evolution of the groundbreaking Rock Band music platform.
The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs with over 80 songs on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks which will be made available for free download this fall. This builds upon the unparalleled depth and diversity of Rock Band’s original set list and its ever-expanding library of downloadable tracks. Comprised entirely of master recordings from some of rock’s most prolific and untouchable artists, including AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan, Metallica, Pearl Jam and more, Rock Band 2 will deliver the most impressive and largest music catalogue of any music-based videogame ever.
After 14 years since Guns N’ Roses last official music release, Axl Rose selects Rock Band 2 to debut official new track “Shackler's Revenge” from the highly-anticipated album Chinese Democracy.
Rock Band 2 is the first and only video game to feature the music of AC/DC. It includes their epic rock anthem, "Let There Be Rock.”
For the first time ever, music from American music icon, Bob Dylan, is featured in a video game with “Tangled Up In Blue.”
Rock Band 2 will feature backwards compatibility with all Rock Band downloadable music content released to date.
Owners of the original Rock Band will have the ability to export most of the Rock Band disc tracks and upgrade them into Rock Band 2 gameplay--the first time ever in videogame history!
With ongoing weekly DLC releases including individual tracks, track packs and full albums, the Rock Band music library will feature more than 500 songs by year’s end!
“With Rock Band, Harmonix and MTV Games set out to create a powerful music platform for music fans, their friends and families to discover music in a way unlike ever before,” said Paul DeGooyer, SVP Electronic Games and Music, MTV. “We are honored that such legendary artists as AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan and more have chosen Rock Band 2 as a new platform for fans to experience their music. As our catalog of disc and downloadable songs continues to grow, we are determined to continue to provide the Rock Band community an unmatched ability to customize their musical experience with the artists and songs they love.”
Rock Band 2 On-Disc Track List:
1.
AC/DC
“Let There Be Rock”
1970s
2.
AFI
“Girl’s Gone Grey”
2000’s
3.
Alanis Morissette
“You Oughta Know”
1990’s
4.
Alice in Chains
“Man in the Box”
1990’s
5.
Allman Brothers
“Ramblin’ Man”
1970’s
6.
Avenged Sevenfold
“Almost Easy”
2000’s
7.
Bad Company
“Shooting Star”
1970’s
8.
Beastie Boys
“So Whatcha Want”
1990’s
9.
Beck
“E-Pro”
2000’s
10.
Bikini Kill
“Rebel Girl”
1990’s
11.
Billy Idol
“White Wedding Pt. I”
1980’s
12.
Blondie
“One Way or Another”
1970’s
13.
Bob Dylan
“Tangled Up in Blue”
1970’s
14.
Bon Jovi
“Livin’ on a Prayer”
1980’s
15.
Cheap Trick
“Hello There”
1970’s
16.
Devo
“Uncontrollable Urge”
1980’s
17.
Dinosaur Jr.
“Feel the Pain”
1990’s
18.
Disturbed
“Down with the Sickness”
2000’s
19.
Dream Theater
“Panic Attack”
2000’s
20.
Duran Duran
“Hungry Like the Wolf”
1980’s
21.
Elvis Costello
“Pump It Up”
1970’s
22.
Fleetwood Mac
“Go Your Own Way”
1970’s
23.
Foo Fighters
“Everlong”
1990’s
24.
Guns N’ Roses
“Shackler’s Revenge”
2000’s
25.
Interpol
“PDA”
2000’s
26.
Jane’s Addiction
“Mountain Song”
1980’s
27.
Jethro Tull
“Aqualung”
1970’s
28.
Jimmy Eat World
“The Middle”
2000’s
29.
Joan Jett
“Bad Reputation”
1980’s
30.
Journey
“Anyway You Want It”
1970’s
31.
Judas Priest
“Painkiller”
1990’s
32.
Kansas
“Carry On Wayward Son”
1970’s
33.
L7
“Pretend We’re Dead”
1990’s
34.
Lacuna Coil
“Our Truth”
2000’s
35.
Linkin Park
“One Step Closer”
2000’s
36.
Lit
“My Own Worst Enemy”
1990’s
37.
Lush
“De-Luxe”
1990’s
38.
Mastodon
“Colony of Birchmen”
2000’s
39.
Megadeth
“Peace Sells”
1980’s
40.
Metallica
“Battery”
1980’s
41.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
“Where’d You Go”
1990’s
42.
Modest Mouse
“Float On”
2000’s
43.
Motorhead
“Ace of Spades”
1980’s
44.
Nirvana
“Drain You”
1990’s
45.
Norman Greenbaum
“Spirit in the Sky”
1960’s
46.
Panic at the Disco
“Nine in the Afternoon”
2000’s
47.
Paramore
“That’s What You Get”
2000’s
48.
Pearl Jam
“Alive”
1990’s
49.
Presidents of the USA
“Lump”
1990’s
50.
Rage Against the Machine
“Testify”
1990’s
51.
Ratt
“Round & Round”
1980’s
52.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Give it Away”
1990’s
53.
Rise Against
“Give it All”
2000’s
54.
Rush
“The Trees”
1970’s
55.
Silversun Pickups
“Lazy Eye”
2000’s
56.
Smashing Pumpkins
“Today”
1990’s
57.
Social Distortion
“I Was Wrong”
1990’s
58.
Sonic Youth
“Teenage Riot”
1980’s
59.
Soundgarden
“Spoonman”
1990’s
60.
Squeeze
“Cool for Cats”
1970’s
61.
Steely Dan
“Bodhitsattva”
1970’s
62.
Steve Miller Band
“Rock’n Me”
1970’s
63.
Survivor
“Eye of the Tiger”
1980’s
64.
System of a Down
“Chop Suey”
2000’s
65.
Talking Heads
“Psycho Killer”
1970’s
66.
Tenacious D
“Master Exploder”
2000’s
67.
Testament
“Souls of Black”
1990’s
68.
The Donnas
“New Kid in School”
2000’s
69.
The Go-Go’s
“We Got the Beat”
1980’s
70.
The Grateful Dead
“Alabama Getaway”
1980’s
71.
The Guess Who
“American Woman”
1970’s
72.
The Muffs
“Kids in America”
1990’s
73.
The Offspring
“Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)”
1990’s
74.
The Replacements
“Alex Chilton”
1980’s
75.
The Who
“Pinball Wizard”
1960’s
76.
Abnormality
“Visions”
2000’s
77.
Anarchy Club
“Get Clean”
2000’s
78.
Bang Camaro
“Night Lies”
2000’s
79.
Breaking Wheel
“Shoulder to the Plow”
2000’s
80.
The Libyans
“Neighborhood”
2000’s
81.
The Main Drag
“A Jagged Gorgeous Winter”
2000’s
82.
Speck
“Conventional Lover”
2000’s
83.
The Sterns
“Supreme Girl”
2000’s
84.
That Handsome Devil
“Rob the Prez-O-Dent”
2000’s
** The Rock Band 2 on-disc track list is comprised entirely of master recordings. More news about music on the Rock Band platform will be announced during the coming months.
Rock Band 2 will make its debut on Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft this September and have an exclusive launch window in North America. Rock Band 2 will be available for the PLAYSTATION® 3 and PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment systems and Wii™ later this year. The Rock Band online Music Store recently surpassed 16 million paid downloads since the game’s launch in late November 2007.
With more than 200 tracks available to date on disc and via download purchase (complete list of tracks at http://www.rockband.com/dlc), the massive Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks, packs and albums from the vast selection of offerings available as they build their own custom Rock Band library. Rock Band 2 is rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB.
For more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Rock Band’s global tour will stop in seven additional countries this year! Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today confirmed plans to release the award-winning music video game Rock Band in seven additional countries later this year.
Rock Band will have an exclusive launch window on the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment console from Microsoft in Italy, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg and will ship on July 24. Rock Band will be available for additional platforms in these territories later this fall.
Rock Band is an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music. The game challenges players to put together a band and tour for fame and fortune, mastering lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. With more master recordings than any other music game, Rock Band features some of the world’s biggest rock artists and spans every genre of rock ranging from alternative and classic rock to heavy metal and punk.
In addition to the 58 tracks from the North American release, Rock Band will feature nine additional tracks for its European release, including:
Die Toten Hosen “Hier Kommt Alex”
Juli “Perfekte Welle”
H-Block X “Countdown to Insanity”
Blur “Beettlebum” *
Oasis “Rock ‘n’ roll star”
Tokio Hotel “Monsoon”
Muse “Hysteria”
Les Wampas “Manu Chao”
Playmo “New Wave”
(*indicates cover song)
Rock Band features more than 200 songs available to date on disc and via purchase and download in North America and Europe, with more available every week. Tracks are available for 160 Microsoft Points each on Xbox 360. For a complete list of Rock Band songs available for purchase to date, please go to http://www.rockband.com/dlc.
Since its North American release in 2007, Rock Band has garnered over 40 awards including Game Critics Award: Best of Show E3 2007 and three awards at The 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards including Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Family Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack.
Rock Band is rated 12+ by PEGI: Sex, Bad Language, PEGI Online.
For more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.
Developed by Harmonix, MTV Games is the publisher of Rock Band. EA is the exclusive distribution and marketing partner for Rock Band.
The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs with over 80 songs on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks which will be made available for free download this fall. This builds upon the unparalleled depth and diversity of Rock Band’s original set list and its ever-expanding library of downloadable tracks. Comprised entirely of master recordings from some of rock’s most prolific and untouchable artists, including AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan, Metallica, Pearl Jam and more, Rock Band 2 will deliver the most impressive and largest music catalogue of any music-based videogame ever.
After 14 years since Guns N’ Roses last official music release, Axl Rose selects Rock Band 2 to debut official new track “Shackler's Revenge” from the highly-anticipated album Chinese Democracy.
Rock Band 2 is the first and only video game to feature the music of AC/DC. It includes their epic rock anthem, "Let There Be Rock.”
For the first time ever, music from American music icon, Bob Dylan, is featured in a video game with “Tangled Up In Blue.”
Rock Band 2 will feature backwards compatibility with all Rock Band downloadable music content released to date.
Owners of the original Rock Band will have the ability to export most of the Rock Band disc tracks and upgrade them into Rock Band 2 gameplay--the first time ever in videogame history!
With ongoing weekly DLC releases including individual tracks, track packs and full albums, the Rock Band music library will feature more than 500 songs by year’s end!
“With Rock Band, Harmonix and MTV Games set out to create a powerful music platform for music fans, their friends and families to discover music in a way unlike ever before,” said Paul DeGooyer, SVP Electronic Games and Music, MTV. “We are honored that such legendary artists as AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan and more have chosen Rock Band 2 as a new platform for fans to experience their music. As our catalog of disc and downloadable songs continues to grow, we are determined to continue to provide the Rock Band community an unmatched ability to customize their musical experience with the artists and songs they love.”
Rock Band 2 On-Disc Track List:
1.
AC/DC
“Let There Be Rock”
1970s
2.
AFI
“Girl’s Gone Grey”
2000’s
3.
Alanis Morissette
“You Oughta Know”
1990’s
4.
Alice in Chains
“Man in the Box”
1990’s
5.
Allman Brothers
“Ramblin’ Man”
1970’s
6.
Avenged Sevenfold
“Almost Easy”
2000’s
7.
Bad Company
“Shooting Star”
1970’s
8.
Beastie Boys
“So Whatcha Want”
1990’s
9.
Beck
“E-Pro”
2000’s
10.
Bikini Kill
“Rebel Girl”
1990’s
11.
Billy Idol
“White Wedding Pt. I”
1980’s
12.
Blondie
“One Way or Another”
1970’s
13.
Bob Dylan
“Tangled Up in Blue”
1970’s
14.
Bon Jovi
“Livin’ on a Prayer”
1980’s
15.
Cheap Trick
“Hello There”
1970’s
16.
Devo
“Uncontrollable Urge”
1980’s
17.
Dinosaur Jr.
“Feel the Pain”
1990’s
18.
Disturbed
“Down with the Sickness”
2000’s
19.
Dream Theater
“Panic Attack”
2000’s
20.
Duran Duran
“Hungry Like the Wolf”
1980’s
21.
Elvis Costello
“Pump It Up”
1970’s
22.
Fleetwood Mac
“Go Your Own Way”
1970’s
23.
Foo Fighters
“Everlong”
1990’s
24.
Guns N’ Roses
“Shackler’s Revenge”
2000’s
25.
Interpol
“PDA”
2000’s
26.
Jane’s Addiction
“Mountain Song”
1980’s
27.
Jethro Tull
“Aqualung”
1970’s
28.
Jimmy Eat World
“The Middle”
2000’s
29.
Joan Jett
“Bad Reputation”
1980’s
30.
Journey
“Anyway You Want It”
1970’s
31.
Judas Priest
“Painkiller”
1990’s
32.
Kansas
“Carry On Wayward Son”
1970’s
33.
L7
“Pretend We’re Dead”
1990’s
34.
Lacuna Coil
“Our Truth”
2000’s
35.
Linkin Park
“One Step Closer”
2000’s
36.
Lit
“My Own Worst Enemy”
1990’s
37.
Lush
“De-Luxe”
1990’s
38.
Mastodon
“Colony of Birchmen”
2000’s
39.
Megadeth
“Peace Sells”
1980’s
40.
Metallica
“Battery”
1980’s
41.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
“Where’d You Go”
1990’s
42.
Modest Mouse
“Float On”
2000’s
43.
Motorhead
“Ace of Spades”
1980’s
44.
Nirvana
“Drain You”
1990’s
45.
Norman Greenbaum
“Spirit in the Sky”
1960’s
46.
Panic at the Disco
“Nine in the Afternoon”
2000’s
47.
Paramore
“That’s What You Get”
2000’s
48.
Pearl Jam
“Alive”
1990’s
49.
Presidents of the USA
“Lump”
1990’s
50.
Rage Against the Machine
“Testify”
1990’s
51.
Ratt
“Round & Round”
1980’s
52.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Give it Away”
1990’s
53.
Rise Against
“Give it All”
2000’s
54.
Rush
“The Trees”
1970’s
55.
Silversun Pickups
“Lazy Eye”
2000’s
56.
Smashing Pumpkins
“Today”
1990’s
57.
Social Distortion
“I Was Wrong”
1990’s
58.
Sonic Youth
“Teenage Riot”
1980’s
59.
Soundgarden
“Spoonman”
1990’s
60.
Squeeze
“Cool for Cats”
1970’s
61.
Steely Dan
“Bodhitsattva”
1970’s
62.
Steve Miller Band
“Rock’n Me”
1970’s
63.
Survivor
“Eye of the Tiger”
1980’s
64.
System of a Down
“Chop Suey”
2000’s
65.
Talking Heads
“Psycho Killer”
1970’s
66.
Tenacious D
“Master Exploder”
2000’s
67.
Testament
“Souls of Black”
1990’s
68.
The Donnas
“New Kid in School”
2000’s
69.
The Go-Go’s
“We Got the Beat”
1980’s
70.
The Grateful Dead
“Alabama Getaway”
1980’s
71.
The Guess Who
“American Woman”
1970’s
72.
The Muffs
“Kids in America”
1990’s
73.
The Offspring
“Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)”
1990’s
74.
The Replacements
“Alex Chilton”
1980’s
75.
The Who
“Pinball Wizard”
1960’s
76.
Abnormality
“Visions”
2000’s
77.
Anarchy Club
“Get Clean”
2000’s
78.
Bang Camaro
“Night Lies”
2000’s
79.
Breaking Wheel
“Shoulder to the Plow”
2000’s
80.
The Libyans
“Neighborhood”
2000’s
81.
The Main Drag
“A Jagged Gorgeous Winter”
2000’s
82.
Speck
“Conventional Lover”
2000’s
83.
The Sterns
“Supreme Girl”
2000’s
84.
That Handsome Devil
“Rob the Prez-O-Dent”
2000’s
** The Rock Band 2 on-disc track list is comprised entirely of master recordings. More news about music on the Rock Band platform will be announced during the coming months.
Rock Band 2 will make its debut on Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft this September and have an exclusive launch window in North America. Rock Band 2 will be available for the PLAYSTATION® 3 and PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment systems and Wii™ later this year. The Rock Band online Music Store recently surpassed 16 million paid downloads since the game’s launch in late November 2007.
With more than 200 tracks available to date on disc and via download purchase (complete list of tracks at http://www.rockband.com/dlc), the massive Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks, packs and albums from the vast selection of offerings available as they build their own custom Rock Band library. Rock Band 2 is rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB.
For more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Rock Band’s global tour will stop in seven additional countries this year! Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today confirmed plans to release the award-winning music video game Rock Band in seven additional countries later this year.
Rock Band will have an exclusive launch window on the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment console from Microsoft in Italy, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg and will ship on July 24. Rock Band will be available for additional platforms in these territories later this fall.
Rock Band is an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music. The game challenges players to put together a band and tour for fame and fortune, mastering lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. With more master recordings than any other music game, Rock Band features some of the world’s biggest rock artists and spans every genre of rock ranging from alternative and classic rock to heavy metal and punk.
In addition to the 58 tracks from the North American release, Rock Band will feature nine additional tracks for its European release, including:
Die Toten Hosen “Hier Kommt Alex”
Juli “Perfekte Welle”
H-Block X “Countdown to Insanity”
Blur “Beettlebum” *
Oasis “Rock ‘n’ roll star”
Tokio Hotel “Monsoon”
Muse “Hysteria”
Les Wampas “Manu Chao”
Playmo “New Wave”
(*indicates cover song)
Rock Band features more than 200 songs available to date on disc and via purchase and download in North America and Europe, with more available every week. Tracks are available for 160 Microsoft Points each on Xbox 360. For a complete list of Rock Band songs available for purchase to date, please go to http://www.rockband.com/dlc.
Since its North American release in 2007, Rock Band has garnered over 40 awards including Game Critics Award: Best of Show E3 2007 and three awards at The 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards including Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Family Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack.
Rock Band is rated 12+ by PEGI: Sex, Bad Language, PEGI Online.
For more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.
Developed by Harmonix, MTV Games is the publisher of Rock Band. EA is the exclusive distribution and marketing partner for Rock Band.
eBay auction launched for The Police and more
New York Public Television and The Police have announced that an eBay auction of once-in-a-lifetime VIP concert packages, meet n’ greet and photo opportunities with the band, as well as autographed memorabilia (to soon include a complete set of The Police autographed signature instruments) is now live, and will commemorate the final concert from one of the world’s most revered rock bands.
As previously announced, The Police will end an era at Madison Square Garden (Aug. 7, 2008), with special guests The B-52s, to benefit Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. Adding to this historic collaboration are a limited number of packages from The Police and B-52s that will be auctioned online through eBay in two waves, each lasting 10 days, from July 14th to 24th (Concert Experience Opportunities, Memorabilia) and August 4th to 14th (Autographed Instruments). Go to www.ebay.com/publictelevisionrocks for more information or to place a bid.
In the weeks leading up to the historic concert, fans can bid on the opportunity to meet The Police and The B-52s on August 7 with access to each band’s Sound Check, front row seats, or the chance to rock out with die-hard fans in the “Snake Pit” (Pit tickets are only available to the general public through this auction; the package consists of four tickets). Both international and domestic fans can also bid on exclusive signed memorabilia and instruments as detailed below.
Auction, Wave 1: July 14 – 24. Package examples include:
The Police Ultimate VIP Package for Two: Includes an intimate Meet n’ Greet with The Police, Photos with the band, Front Row Seats, Access to the final Sound Check with The Police (a few guests will be invited on stage to lend their rock star ability to the rehearsal), Special pre-concert dinner and cocktail reception invitations, and Limited edition last concert souvenirs.
The B-52s VIP Package for Four: Includes a completely private Meet n’ Greet with the band, Front row seats, Rare and private access to attend The B-52s Sound Check, four one-of-a-kind gift sets of B-52s signed memorabilia (CDs, shirts, posters), and Special pre-concert dinner and cocktail reception invitations.
Auction, Wave 2: Begins August 4th at 7:00pm (ET)- August 14th.
The second wave of the auction will feature a complete set of The Police’s autographed instruments including: Sting’s Signature Bass; Sting’s Sennheiser Microphone and Stand (used during the 2007/2008 world Police tour); Andy’s Signature Fender Telecaster; plus Stewart’s Tama Star Drum Set (played at 2007 GRAMMY Awards).
About Public Television Rocks!: 100% of the proceeds from both auctions will benefit Public Television Rocks! an initiative formed between NY Public Television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. Tickets to this historic last show by The Police are available as tax-deductible thank-you gifts for pledges to New York Public Television via either Ticketmaster.com or PublicTelevisionRocks.org . Both the online auction and the Final Show at Madison Square Garden will raise funds towards the production of arts & culture programming for Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. Visit www.publictelevisionrocks.org for more details.
Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 would like to thank The Police, The B-52s, Fender, Tama, and Sennheiser for their generosity on behalf of Public Television Rocks!
About Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21: The Police have chosen to support Thirteen/WNET (thirteen.org) and WLIW21 (wliw.org) in recognition of their major contributions to art, music, and culture both nationally and in New York City. Not only do these stations actively partner with some of the world’s greatest artists, but they also inspire viewers by producing outstanding and unforgettable events, both on the air and in the community. Viewer support empowers Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 to create such diverse offerings as Public Television Rocks!, Great Performances, Live from Lincoln Center, American Masters, Visions, and Sunday Arts for viewers who value programming distinguished by intelligence, integrity, inspiration, and innovation.
This auction for Public Television Rocks! is being managed by Kompolt Online Auction Agency (www.kompolt.com).
As previously announced, The Police will end an era at Madison Square Garden (Aug. 7, 2008), with special guests The B-52s, to benefit Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. Adding to this historic collaboration are a limited number of packages from The Police and B-52s that will be auctioned online through eBay in two waves, each lasting 10 days, from July 14th to 24th (Concert Experience Opportunities, Memorabilia) and August 4th to 14th (Autographed Instruments). Go to www.ebay.com/publictelevisionrocks for more information or to place a bid.
In the weeks leading up to the historic concert, fans can bid on the opportunity to meet The Police and The B-52s on August 7 with access to each band’s Sound Check, front row seats, or the chance to rock out with die-hard fans in the “Snake Pit” (Pit tickets are only available to the general public through this auction; the package consists of four tickets). Both international and domestic fans can also bid on exclusive signed memorabilia and instruments as detailed below.
Auction, Wave 1: July 14 – 24. Package examples include:
The Police Ultimate VIP Package for Two: Includes an intimate Meet n’ Greet with The Police, Photos with the band, Front Row Seats, Access to the final Sound Check with The Police (a few guests will be invited on stage to lend their rock star ability to the rehearsal), Special pre-concert dinner and cocktail reception invitations, and Limited edition last concert souvenirs.
The B-52s VIP Package for Four: Includes a completely private Meet n’ Greet with the band, Front row seats, Rare and private access to attend The B-52s Sound Check, four one-of-a-kind gift sets of B-52s signed memorabilia (CDs, shirts, posters), and Special pre-concert dinner and cocktail reception invitations.
Auction, Wave 2: Begins August 4th at 7:00pm (ET)- August 14th.
The second wave of the auction will feature a complete set of The Police’s autographed instruments including: Sting’s Signature Bass; Sting’s Sennheiser Microphone and Stand (used during the 2007/2008 world Police tour); Andy’s Signature Fender Telecaster; plus Stewart’s Tama Star Drum Set (played at 2007 GRAMMY Awards).
About Public Television Rocks!: 100% of the proceeds from both auctions will benefit Public Television Rocks! an initiative formed between NY Public Television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. Tickets to this historic last show by The Police are available as tax-deductible thank-you gifts for pledges to New York Public Television via either Ticketmaster.com or PublicTelevisionRocks.org . Both the online auction and the Final Show at Madison Square Garden will raise funds towards the production of arts & culture programming for Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. Visit www.publictelevisionrocks.org for more details.
Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 would like to thank The Police, The B-52s, Fender, Tama, and Sennheiser for their generosity on behalf of Public Television Rocks!
About Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21: The Police have chosen to support Thirteen/WNET (thirteen.org) and WLIW21 (wliw.org) in recognition of their major contributions to art, music, and culture both nationally and in New York City. Not only do these stations actively partner with some of the world’s greatest artists, but they also inspire viewers by producing outstanding and unforgettable events, both on the air and in the community. Viewer support empowers Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 to create such diverse offerings as Public Television Rocks!, Great Performances, Live from Lincoln Center, American Masters, Visions, and Sunday Arts for viewers who value programming distinguished by intelligence, integrity, inspiration, and innovation.
This auction for Public Television Rocks! is being managed by Kompolt Online Auction Agency (www.kompolt.com).
Unsigned country acts sought for Music City Madness
For the third year in a row, CMT.com will scour the nation in search of the best unsigned country acts when MUSIC CITY MADNESS launches today, Tuesday, July 15. Country music’s first user-generated talent search, the competition offers undiscovered singer/songwriters a chance to showcase their talent and let fans decide who takes home the prize in the online battle of the bands. Warner Bros. Records has joined as the official record label, while Chevrolet returns for a second year as the official online and on-air sponsor.
In addition, CMT and Comcast have partnered to bring live auditions to the cities of Nashville, Knoxville, Pittsburgh and Atlanta. The local auditions, which will be held in August, offer contestants a chance to record and enter their video-taped submission on site. The events will also include a competition element and one local entrant from each audition will automatically be entered into the top 64 finalists and receive a Comcast/CMT-sponsored showcase in their hometown, along with other prizing. Participating Comcast markets can sell sponsorships to the audition events which will be taped and packaged for Comcast's local video on demand channels.
The grand prize winner of CMT.com’s MUSIC CITY MADNESS will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Nashville to record an episode of the CMT online series UNPLUGGED AT STUDIO 330, a private audition with Warner Bros. Records A&R department and a mentoring session with country superstar Randy Travis. The online contest will again be featured in a half-hour CMT special, MUSIC CITY MADNESS – THE ROAD TO CMT, a round-by-round recap that reveals the top two finalists and highlights the best, craziest and most unique submissions.
CMT will accept submissions for MUSIC CITY MADNESS July 15 through October 6. Entrants can submit their original video performance entry online or via mail to compete against the nation’s best undiscovered talent. All styles of country music are welcome including bluegrass, folk, southern rock and Americana, among others. The t
In addition, CMT and Comcast have partnered to bring live auditions to the cities of Nashville, Knoxville, Pittsburgh and Atlanta. The local auditions, which will be held in August, offer contestants a chance to record and enter their video-taped submission on site. The events will also include a competition element and one local entrant from each audition will automatically be entered into the top 64 finalists and receive a Comcast/CMT-sponsored showcase in their hometown, along with other prizing. Participating Comcast markets can sell sponsorships to the audition events which will be taped and packaged for Comcast's local video on demand channels.
The grand prize winner of CMT.com’s MUSIC CITY MADNESS will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Nashville to record an episode of the CMT online series UNPLUGGED AT STUDIO 330, a private audition with Warner Bros. Records A&R department and a mentoring session with country superstar Randy Travis. The online contest will again be featured in a half-hour CMT special, MUSIC CITY MADNESS – THE ROAD TO CMT, a round-by-round recap that reveals the top two finalists and highlights the best, craziest and most unique submissions.
CMT will accept submissions for MUSIC CITY MADNESS July 15 through October 6. Entrants can submit their original video performance entry online or via mail to compete against the nation’s best undiscovered talent. All styles of country music are welcome including bluegrass, folk, southern rock and Americana, among others. The t